Should I Retire?

Should I Retire?

These are taken at the Rose Hill Cemetary in Macon and the hand prints are on the foundation wall of a mausoleum. The steps take one down to a terrace that overlooks railroad tracks and the river.  Hand prints could well be the earliest figurative representations humans made.  Hundreds are found on cave and rock walls throughout the world.  The impulse behind the desire make an imprint on a wall I believe is the same that is behind all creative work - I am here. I exist. I think it is a desire has been there as long as we have had consciousness.  The third image, for me, speaks to another aspect of that same compulsion. People leave a stone or other item  at a grave to say, I remember you, you are not forgotten.