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Tag: Brooklyn

  • Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-Wood Cemetery

    Sophie Calle installation of "Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-Wood Cemetery," 2017. A obelisk with a box with a slot for paper beneath it.

    Y and I have walked pasted the hill where this monument is more times than we can count since moving next door to Green-Wood Cemetery two years ago, but we never looked at Sophie Calle’s 2017 art installation closely until a few days ago. It’s an obelisk inscribed with the words, “Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-Wood Cemetery.” Beneath the obelisk is a stone box with a slot big enough to slide an envelope through. The idea is for visitors to write secrets on a piece of paper and then slide them into the slot. We could see through the slot that the box was full of papers, full of secrets. Information about the installation is here, and where it is located in the cemetery can be found on Google Maps here.

  • Where Does the Tiny Door Lead?

    Exterior of a building with a human-sized door on the left and a fairy door on the right.

    I saw this mysterious fairy door next to a normal sized door in Brooklyn awhile back.

  • Silent Side Street at Night During the First Year of COVID

    an empty side street between residential properties at night during the first half of 2020

    Y and I go for evening walks after dinner. I took the photo above on one such walk during June of 2020. The city was relatively quiet during the day, but it was even more so at night. This is a one-way side street between Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill. Residences–some might have once been stables–are on the right side and the back of neighboring residences are on the left. In the background on the left side is a small park.

  • Words to Live By (at the 3rd Ave Home Depot)

    "Stop Being Afraid Ⓐ" tagged on a concrete support column in the Home Depot parking lot on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn, NY.

    Despite being scrawled with a paint marker by an anonymous tagger on a filthy concrete support column in the Home Depot parking lot on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, I paused to ruminate on its written message, “Stop Being Afraid Ⓐ.” Perhaps contemplating this message will be beneficial to you, too.