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Art in a desolate location
This used to be part of a little complex on the edge of the town where I work; there was a cotton gin, the gin office, and this building. The gin stopped ginning. The office turned into a place called Larry’s BBQ, which had live music at lunch every day and where if you ordered anything other than a burger, you’d’ve made a big mistake. Then a chain BBQ place came to town and Larry’s closed up. After a few years, someone driving a bulldozer pushed Larry’s place into a pile, and someone else with a front-end loader loaded Larry’s into a container and hauled it (him?) away. Last year, someone else (I guess) spent a very long time taking the cotton gin down, probably to salvage the metal building components.
And, so, all that’s left is this little building, with a mural. (Which sounds fancier than calling it graffiti, but I’m in a generous mood, so what the hell.)
Levelland, Texas
photographed 3.16.2017
Fog and Ethanol
I go by this ethanol plant on my way to work, and it’s almost the highlight of the trip.* Over the years, I’ve learned that there are a few days in October and again in April when the morning sun hits the metal structure in a way that turns it into a huge cross. And that on the coldest days of the year, the low sun can make the clouds of steam glow a magnificent bright yellow. And that sometimes there’ll be a train on the long curving track moving continuously, but so slow it’s nearly imperceptible, as the grain is off-loaded.
But until the other day, when it was shrouded in fog, I’d never even turned off the main road to go look more closely at the place.
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 3.16.2017
*I know. That’s kind of pathetic.
Translation
Here at One Day | One Image, we are committed to being as helpful as possible. As long as we’re entertained by it.
So, I turned to Google Translate to find out what “la kumbia” is in English. Google Translate told me that it means “the kumbia.” That was not as helpful as maybe I’d hoped for. I sought additional assistance, this time using Adolfo Translate™ (also known as my friend Adolfo Perez). That was a much more helpful resource: Adolfo said “kumbia” (also, “cumbia”) is a particular sort of dance with its origins in Latin America. Wikipedia, a slightly less reliable source than Adolfo Translate™, concurs.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.12.2017
Dead K Mart #4: Flagpole
Here’s the last of the dead K Mart photos, with the floodlight pointed toward nothing.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.12.2017
Dead K Mart #3: Loading Dock
This dead K Mart is on a lot that’s over 36 acres, which is a lot of empty space right in town.
But at least there’s an old mattress out by the loading docks.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.12.2017
