ECHOLOGY WITHIN ABANDONMENT Cracking graffiti full of expression over the abandoned cement blocks within a lost structure; the ominous silence of an abandoned, once social space; natural forces still growing among the cracked graphitized cement. Human presence is as much an ecological force as nature itself, leaving an indelible mark on a place. These places offer the chance to imagine what they once were and how creativity was imposed once they were deserted. They show how the unauthorized social use of a place is a return to the function of habitat communicating its own energy. These places turn to be more interesting and complex as the natural processes of decay takes over, and a different life grows upon the layered debris. Abandonment makes one see the possibilities of life blooming within the most unexpected places.