The wibbley bits: White walls and frames to be filled

Thursday 15 January 2015

White walls and frames to be filled

Today was the day that my ex and I finally exchanged possessions. Always a depressing task muddled in with a great big spoonful of awkward, but in all honesty it actually went really well and it was nice to catch up and hear how the other was doing. Sadly one of the possessions to go was my collection of antique maps (ok not technically mine because I bought them as a gift) which formed a gallery wall in my bedroom. This has now left me with a gallery wall of blank frames. At first look it was sad, bland and empty, but the longer I looked (and I’m not going to lie I was assisted by some cheery songs and the amusing anecdotes of my girlfriends burning their ex’s things) the more I saw that it was in fact a metaphor for new beginnings. Instead of a wall dedicated to documenting travels past I can now slowly begin to fill it with new discoveries full of colour making me feel uplifted. The empty frames just adventures still to come, promise rather than memory.

In that spirit I’ve made a list of some of the loveliest prints I’ve found to adorn my waiting walls.

Deluge - Morgan Doyle