Backwoods Churches of The Big Thicket Kindle Edition

This photographic record of mostly abandoned backwoods churches in four Southeast Texas counties appears with a short introduction. The absence of extensive text creates a stunning work of found beauty, with the rhetoric of religious dogma cast aside. The pulpits, bences, windows, and doors all offer examples of beauty similar to the best Shaker and Quaker esthetics.The stark structures emit a powerful lightness of being that physically contrasts with the dark tones of mystery that are ever present. The feeling that abides when you enter an abandoned structure is solitude and serenity. Read more