Doorways, Passageways, Transitions
This statement by okcForgottenMan written as a comment to these photographs is so true and so related to these photos of Daniel’s house and place of business that was next to the house I rented in La Manzanilla for a few months each year that I must reproduce it here:
“I marvel at how Mexican businesses (and some homeowners) build doorways so differently from what I know in the U.S., where our doors are rigidly defined, narrow, and usually closed (even if they automatically open). There in Mexico, the doorways to the shops are usually wide enough to drive a car through, and they stay open, inviting, during business hours. They blur the distinction between being in the shop and being just outside. Viva Mexico!”
For Reena’s Exploration Challenge #402 the prompt is: Passages, Doorways, Thresholds, Transitions




If you think this front door is wild, you should see the rest of the house! Although I was told it was built by John Robert Powers who founded the Powers Modeling Agency, I later received this comment from Adriana Cornejo, who seems to know much more about the house than I do. Thanks, Adriana. One of the things I like best about blogging is how much I’ve learned from comments expanding or pointing out misinformation in my blogs. Here is what Adriana says: 