Bridge Repair and Maintenance

As I wrote the title I wondered what significance this picture holds for me. Walking home across the Tamar Bridge I was quite excited to see people working on it.
Bridges have always held a fascination for me ... they are, for me, one of the engineering wonders of man's creation. They hold messages for me ....they remind me of the film 'A Bridge too Far' (with Alec Guinnes and other great actors) .... they are the steps I take in life ... crossing a bridge, learning something new or recognising that what I've learned has enabled me to cross another bridge .... there are lots of meanings.

As a photographer who's style is that of "Equivalence," I use the landscape and other photographic subjects/objects to 'see' the world and the meaning of life for me..they hold so much intuitive information about what is going on in my life .... that when I look at my images I then have to work out what it was I saw....what it is I am feeling .... what significance the people working on the bridge hold for me and also the bridge itself. So here the people working on the bridge are the continuation of my learning, they are me repairing personality traits which I no longer wish to hold on too, and constantly working to improve myself because thats what I believe life is ... a learning journey where the improvement and nurturing of the self is so very important ... so as it is doubtful that I will reach perfection (!) then the maintenance and repair of body and soul will continue throughout my life.