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"Untitled"
Nathan Clendenin
Photograph
I made this photo, like most photos I make, without any
particular subject in mind. Only afterwards, staring day after day at
this photo hanging on my bathroom wall do I see the possible significance
and symbolism. I see the horse in the background representing freedom
and innocence, and the chained gate in the foreground representing the
barrier to that innocence and freedom. It is a gate that has been long
closed by sin and human circumstance, yet we hold on to the hope that
one day the gate will burst open and true freedom and innocence will
become reality. The fact that the horse is out of focus reminds us that, "Now
we see dimly." What we hope for is beyond what we can begin to imagine.
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