electric connection

beauty. supposedly is in the eye of the beholder. i find very obscure things absolutely beautiful.

one thing i do find so beautiful which is mainly because of my travels is electricity poles. i like to collect pictures of electric/telephone poles from everywhere i go. 

i have many from my time in south africa, and i hope to collect some as i continue me studies at anderson for the next few months. something i have come to realize about telephone poles, or electric poles is their ability to blend into their surroundings. i know this sounds stupid, but the history, and life that these inanimate objects have is amazing. looking at them as we would drive by the middle of no where in south africa showed me the hope that they can bring as well. for these people, the fact that they have electricity means the world to them. it connects them to the rest of the world, and gives them hope for a better life. 

 "You can just look at this picture and get a connection with God, you don’t have to understand the picture to feel that."

 even though i found out the hard way that electricity tends to go out a lot in that country, i also learned that electricity for those people is something that is not to be taken for granted. each one of the electric poles is a symbol of hope for those people. it brings the world to them.

ps.... the sun came out for about 3 minutes today <3

enjoy.

hillary elizabeth.