PPF: Clothesline Redux

I'm not sure why, but there's something about clotheslines which speak to me. This watercolor art journal page reads: "This is the clothesline of my inner athlete." It's not the first clothesline I've done. I've posted this plaster pieces before:

And this art journal page:

And one of my all-time favorite photographs which I took in Venice:

I have no clue why I'm drawn to this motif, but I am.  Just like I'm drawn to houses.  Weird.
Are there recurring motifs to which you are drawn and you don't know why?
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