I stumbled across a fantastic resource recently…
Photographer Jon Crispin has been given the opportunity to…
…photograph the suitcases left behind by patients at the now closed Willard Psychiatric Center in New York.
The Willard Suitcases project is absolutely fascinating! I find myself looking at the contents of the cases and trying to imagine what these people were like, why they were there, and how comes they left their meagre personal possessions behind or that they weren’t claimed after their death 😦
Curtesy of iconmac @ freedigitalphotos
I’m really coming round to the idea of writing an historical novel. I love the idea of taking a real persons life and filling in the gaps, recreating the parts we don’t know. It would be kind of like being there at the time .
What historic figure do you wish you’d been around?
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I can’t wait to check this out. Thanks for sharing it.
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You’re very welcome Dawne, its fascinating! 🙂 xx
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My hero is Llewelyn ap Grufydd Prince of Wales who united most of the Country. I’d love to have seen if he was the man his contemporaries say, fair in his dealings with England, honest, and loving towards his wife so long away from him either in France or as a hostage by King Edward. A fascinating period of history.
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Wow, thats sounds interesting David 🙂 Not tempted to fictionalise it? xx
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There’s not a historic figure that I’d have been fascinated to have been around, but I’ve had an idea dancing around for a story set during the second war bouncing around my head for over a decade, that I’d love to write. I’m just not sure if I have the ability yet as I’d have to do a hell of a lot of research! Lol
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Ooooooo, you HAVE to write it!!!!! The research will be soooo interesting Peter 🙂 xx
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I know, it’s one that I will write one day, but I need to hone my skills a little more first x
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What a fascinating resource indeed – and very sad. What lingers after we are gone…
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It is very add Marina 😦 I just kept thinking why was that stuff all there still? Why didn’t the relatives collect it? xx
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This is so interesting… I wish I could’ve known Winston Churchill… he was such an inspiring leader!
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Wow, Winston eh John. I live quite near to Chartwell (Churchills home) and its a great place to visit 🙂 xx
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Jealous!
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My last job was on HMS Victory so I’ve done quite a bit of historical research which I enjoyd. Having done that, I think I’d find it hard to turn the facts into fiction.
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Wow Patsy, that must have been fascinating! 🙂 xx
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