erie canal lock wall

I see details of the landscape when I drive around—like this limestone wall of the old Erie Canal—and think that I could use them in some way when playing with fabric. The image is rich with shading and texture, both of which tell its long story of standing up to time, holding back the earth, keeping water in its course. I tend to see these things and then wait for a story that I want to tell into which this image may, just maybe, find its way to support the story. This wall would be good as a base on which a story of nostalgia could be told. Or maybe something else. Ideas, anyone?