doors of valparaiso.

If you didn't already know, I'm pretty obsessed with quotes. I keep lists upon lists of song lyrics I like, inspirational quotes that make me think, and deep challenges that make me dream bigger. When I asked around in my study abroad group if anyone knew any quotes about doors, I was met with several blank stares, the expected "when one door closes another door opens," and a quote from Lord of the Rings that I considered using before deciding that it went against every anti-LOTR-watching argument I've ever had (many). Anyway, I'd been thinking about and waiting to do this project, taking pictures of doors, for quite a while. I'm not sure exactly what it is about doors that strikes me moreso than the rest of a building, except that they are usually unique even in a row of very similar houses. Walking through Charleston, Nashville, and even Davidson I always am able to pick out doors that I love. When I walked around Valparaiso, though, i couldn't not take pictures of the doors. Brightly colored, distressed, old, painted, worn, crooked... they all were. Here are only a few of my now humongous collection of Valparaiso door pictures...



















There will likely be more door pictures to come, because i RETURNED to valparaiso this weekend. I might move there forever, actually.