In memorium. In defiance.

[greygirlbeast]

This is the photograph from HPL's grave last August 20th, the one the security guard tried to force Kathryn to delete. Previously, I have printed it only in Sirenia Digest. It seems the least I can do today, to put it online:



There are two more behind the cut, two I have never shown before:









And I will note that one year after a security guard threatened to call the police for having photographed the grave, the Swan Point Cemetery's website, which has a long list of forbidden activity, still does not include photography of graves as something visitors are not permitted to do.

Comments

[theninth.livejournal.com]

Why on earth would photography of graves be forbidden?

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Why on earth would photography of graves be forbidden?

Explanations offered vy Swan Point security have ranged from "it's disrespectful" to (I shit you not) "photography will steal the souls of the dead."

[gargirl.livejournal.com]

O_O wow, those explanations are mind boggling...

Thank you for posting these.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

But they're DEAD, how can they have souls still on the mortal plane? I'd be more worried about the photography/capture of souls of the living.

[sovay]

If the guards are still as crazy as they were last year, Lovecraft might be quite pleased to have his soul stolen from there.

Dude, if the security guards are still as crazy as they were last year, I personally would be quite pleased to have my soul stolen. At least I wouldn't have to hang around them anymore.

[blackestdarkness]

Wow. I always take photos at cemeteries and haven't been approached by anyone yet. These are beautiful. Thanks for posting them.

[kody-boye.livejournal.com]

O.o

Maybe next time you should tell him to back off or you'll release the thousands of souls you have in your camera at him.

hahahahahahahahahaha

Wait... is that considered a threat?

Gorgeous pictures. I particularly like the one with the pennies/shells/frog on top if it. :D

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

The frog was my own contribution...

And yeah. I could always say, "You think you have to be dead for me to take it?"

[kody-boye.livejournal.com]

I read the entry before this and just realized that, haha.

And you can totally steal souls, because you're awesome like that. :D

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Fear not. Caitlin just wants your thoughtful readership. Not your soul.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

P.S. to greygirlbeast: I've read The Red Tree. And I'm going to read it again presently. That is, in its way, a review.

*salutes*

That's also, in its way, a review.

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

"You think you have to be dead for me to take it?"

Reading that, I could not resist an evil cackle. Even a year later and only knowing the story, not experiencing it; I am angry and confused by it.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

[iterum.livejournal.com]

Is the no-photo rule posted onsite? I've always "known" that it's not permitted there, but I can't remember now if I saw it on a sign or heard it by word of mouth.

(Still sneak some photos when I go there, though.)

[iterum.livejournal.com]

Clarification: for 'onsite' read 'there at the actual cemetery on a physical sign,' to make it clear I'm not completely failing to read the part where you said it wasn't on the WEBsite.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

The only place that the "no photos" rule is posted, that we've discovered, is on a small sign, on the driver's left side as one enters the cemetery. Last year, we made an especial point to check the website, not wishing to violate any rules. There were lots of rules posted, but none about photography. We told the security guard this, and he informed us he didn't give a shit what was on the website.

[iterum.livejournal.com]

"he informed us he didn't give a shit what was on the website"

He is like the French consulate in Boston! But this is no place to tell an old tale of how the list of requirements for a visa on their website did not match reality.

Actually, I'm even more reminded of a jerk security guard at the Eagle Square shopping center a few years ago who descended in full fury on my ex and me for *obeying* a sign regarding parking. He was unmoved by our gesturing at it.

Possibly I digress; it's almost 2.

[iterum.livejournal.com]

I just read your post on the Swan Point guard from last year; that's just terrible. Did anything ever come of writing to the Powers there?

[sovay]

There are two more behind the cut, two I have never shown before

I like the frog.

[ulesegi.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing these photos.

The fact that you and Spooky were treated so rudely at Swan Point still boggles my mind. Here in my part of the world, I've never heard of anyone being hassled for visiting the grave of Lovecraft's friend, Robert E. Howard. Perhaps because in this uptight "Christian" area, no one thinks we're out to steal Bob's soul? (Or perhaps they figure he's beyond theft, seeing as how he chose to end his own life, and they do cast rather a jaundiced eye on such as that.)