Memoir Monday: It's not the photo, it's the story behind the image.

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It's not the photo, it's the story behind the image.

Before I start, I must say that I am not a photographer and I don't have a high-end cell phone that can take clear pictures. However, like any mortal in this world and living in this era, I take out my cell phone and focus the camera whenever the landscape, the company or the occasion inspires me.

I've done some seascape images (especially) that I really liked, but I chose this photograph because of the story behind it.


This photograph is of the stairs of the hospital in my city, Cumaná, Venezuela. I took it one morning in January while I was waiting for my sister to arrive with the results of my nephew's biopsy.

I remember that the wait was endless for me, as endless are those stairs, which in this photo appear empty, but are usually full of people going up and down, in a pilgrimage of emotions.

In literature, I have read a lot about the symbolism of stairs. Generally going down them has to do with degradation, the underworld, failure, death. As opposed to ascending, which is sometimes considered a metaphor for going up to heaven, reaching glory, success. What is true is that going down is faster than going up and that only the one who loves climbs all the steps he has to climb to meet his loved one. For a whole month, I went up and down these stairs, daily, many times a day, just to see my sick nephew.

The images are from my personal gallery and the text was translated with Deepl

This is my participation this week for our great friend @ericvancewalton's initiative: Memoir monday. If you want to participate, here's the link to the invitation post

Thank you for reading and commenting. Until a future reading, friends

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My whole heart was squeezed @nancybriti1. I'm so sorry for that.

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Ay, amiga, hay tanta historia detrás de estas escaleras, que a mi también me partió el alma recordar la historia. Demasiado pronto para contarla completamente. Te mando un abrazo, tal vez no porque tú lo necesites, si no porque me haga falta a mí.

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Bueno, me sentaría bien un abrazo. Tengo un dolor en la espalda desde hace unos días y ayer cargué dos cosas aquí pesadas y ahora se me refleja en el pecho... no me aprietes mucho. Espero que el mío alcance.
;)

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Jajaja. Me hiciste reír, chica frágil y triple xxx!! Gracias, por tu abrazo, por el comentario y por hacerme reír ;)

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I'm very sorry you had to go through that pain. I've never heard of the symbolism with stairs but it makes sense. Those were a lot of stairs to climb! It reminds me of a staircase in a hotel I was staying in in Lisbon.

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There is a lot of theory about them, including talk of the unconscious. Anyway, this is a photograph that will always remain in my memory. Your picture was really good. I would have loved to have one as good as yours. Hugs and take care of yourself

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