ThirstyFish

The Izmir Clock Tower features four fountains and four doors like the one pictured here.

The "door" has always been used as a strong metaphor; The door is a portal. It is an entrance to something new, something unknown. An exit from something undesired. An opportunity when it is open, or unlocked. A denial when it is closed or locked. It is what stops the ill. A connection and a separation between two worlds, two paradigms...

The 13th Century Sufi master, Shams Tabrizi wrote: "Intellect takes you to the door, but it does not take you into the house."