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Sorry Motts....

Great gallery, Motts, you really have a talent for capturing the essence of these places. Also, may I suggest that you carry a pirate flag, the "Jolly Roger", in honor of everyone's favorite actor, Johnny Depp?

Yeah, I've heard that applesauce can help settle your stomach, Look under Motts in the grocery store. LOL

Looks like Snoopy found Yaggy's baggie.

I'm just wondering who tagged the potty chair, kind of like claiming it as their own?? " Woo Hoo, thats mines"

Cinder? Do you mean cider, with Capt Morgan in it, Serrena?

Everyone is missing Motts' new trademark picture: the lonely "electric" chair shot.......

Sigh...I was too much asleep this morning when I wrote up my various posts. I should have said aceonline.org.

BTW, the posts regarding the graphic novel now really do exceed the scope of the purpose of this website as we are no longer talking about the history nor, more specifically, the photos of the park. As a courtesy to Motts we should probably move this discussion offline. If you wish to post an email address I'll contact you directly. Best wishes with your graphic novel pursuit.

reflects my life

Where is this at? I would LOVE to go see this place somehow.

Water images always make my stomach flip/flop. I feel almost scared by them. I swear, in a past life, I've drowned, I feel sure.

motts, thank you, your site is so important, these pix are so moving and your photography is masterful! plus, credit due to the unspeakable beauty of the place itself. i don't know why i never went in to explore, lots of friends did, though. i did venture into one house, ( john mac, maybe you would know it, more towards the river in the woods, almost a ranch style? on hospital hill side, i mean the sledding part of the hill). the floor was warped like ocean waves & we heard probably what was a racoon & left...
i used to sit in the shadow of those buildings for hours in summer w/ sketchbook and snacks. & camera- it was so quiet, and eerie too, in bright sun. i love that place. my mom taught me to drive there. my friends were arrested there. another friend used to be a resident there. ah, the memories!
"would that this odd dreamscape be preserved, impractical as it may seem, as a living museum of the element of uncertainty-- a reminder for those who find it helpful to be reminded that we are never really in control of our lives."
sorry for the schmucky prose, but i wrote it about NSH for an essay assignment. highly romanticized, my apologies to those in human services & those who experienced the real deal, it's purely from an artistic observer perspective.
does anyone remember suntan man, chief joe 3 hats, or beauford? i believe they have all passed on. and unfortunately i believe many folks only knew them by those monikers... altho beauford's name was beauford. all guys who were let go when the hospital started closing.
i've not been back since the demo started cuz it's hard to watch things change.
thanks motts
do you know about the olmstead house at jamaica pond in jamaica plain, boston? please come & shoot it, i think it's coming down soon.

Is that a spirit you encountered while going into this majestic hospital? Poor soul couldnt bear the afterlife and has now returned to his trusty metal device.

I have been looking at this for a while, and the part i find curious are the hooks on top. it looks like part of a latching mechanism from a door that requires a tight - positive seal.

OK, my question, besides party favors, what would a hospital use this type, and so many of, this type of light? I hope the answer isn't to obvious.