OPENINGS

Mexico is known for its colorful, intriguing doors. It’s hard to walk by without wondering what’s going on behind them. But not all doors are closed. Sometimes they’re open for business. Sometimes they’re open for air. Sometimes for watching the world go by and staying connected. Thing is, a door is not just a door in Mexico. A door is often a statement, a work of art, an entry way to another world.

Sometimes you’re peeking through a gate or a split in the plastic hung while construction is going on.

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Sometimes you’re looking into a business. Or a vacant lot.

There are openings that draw you in just so far, keeping privacy in mind.

There are gates into a different world. Gates that start your imagination rolling, making you wonder what the folks inside are up to. Protection from the outside is obvious. Secluded, cool, quiet, often with gardens, courtyards, patios, and terraces.

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Doors that are stone, brick or metal. Subdued colors or bright. There is no “one way” and no requirement for approval (for the most part).

Wooden doors, hand-hewn – massive or small, simple or carved. Iron work forged into handles, door knockers and decorative tacks.

Abandoned doors…who walked away and left their lives behind these walls? And why?

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Reflecting doors…reflections of old and new, handcrafted, hand painted.

And windows to the world…rarely ordinary. Even the electric meter deserves decoration.

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Mexico. My opening to a new world.