Joearf’s Thoughts

Tag: objects

  • The Lost Generation (… of Shopping Carts)

    The Lost Generation (… of Shopping Carts)

    I’m always curious about the shopping carts I see abandoned on sidewalks around town, many quite far from the stores they come from, but not close to anyone’s home or even a bus stop.

    2020.06.09: East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich

    I imagine in them a desire for travel…

    New surroundings, …

    2021.03.23: East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich

    To make different friends …

    2020.11.21: East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, CT

    In the end, though, they become lost and depressed …

    2021.03.01: Ferris Drive, Old Greenwich

    Having found no place that fulfills whatever expectations they may have had, some seek to find their way back home

    2021.03.21: Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich, CT
    2021.03.01: Arcadia Rd, Old Greenwich, CT

    Some wait, hoping to be found and brought back …

    2020.03.11: East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT

    While others fall into a deeper depression and give up

    2020.03.11: East Putnam Avenue, Riverside, CT
    2021.03.20: East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, CT
    2021.03.20: East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT