By Timothy Smith
With the Ford in its present condition and circumstances being what they are, how could I not add it to my Halloween display?! Long experience has taught me that people are fascinated with their own mortality. It is something we rarely give much thought to. To have a focused glimpse at what was and the effect that the passage of time has upon it certainly reminds us that there will be a time when we too will be gone and the rest of the world will simply go on without us.
Many years of minor investments in time (and all things considered, surprisingly little money) has come together to allow me to create what you see here. I make a great effort to buy the new things on sale, or find them used. The money saved allows me to invest a little bit more in lighting which, in my
From the day we are born, to the day we die, our view and our perceptions of the world always incorporates our own sense of self. To be cleverly tricked into considering a world without us in it is to conjure a very strange feeling indeed. These are the things that draw our rapt attention, fuel our imagination and occasionally give us a shiver, particularly around Halloween. My annual Halloween display has been created over a long period of time and it is still growing.
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The Ford before it was resurrected from its grave.
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