Flowing over
Water surface
Aerodynamic lift
Sometimes pelicans fly in formation just over the ocean surface. A beneficial ground effect occurs when flying at approximately half the wingspan length above the water.
“Nature always tends to act in the simplest way. All birds need to fly are the right-shaped wings, the right pressure and the right angle.” – Daniel Bernoulli
Coastal interface
Dynamic exchange
Reflect response
From on top of the barrier dune looking north, natural early morning sky light complements artificial house lights.
“Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” – William Blake
Background foundation
Conception reckoned
Syntactic order
The past is inscribed in the present.
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston S. Churchill
Occasion arises
Objective correlatives
Variant relations
Finding interesting visual associations on an evening walk through Buck Island is satisfying.
“Thus since the seer is caught up in what he sees, it is still himself he sees: there is a fundamental narcissism of all vision.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Imminent experience
Primordial sensibility
Seascape interweave
Magic comes around every morning.
“Thought is a relationship with oneself and with the world as well as a relationship with the other; hence it is established in the three dimensions at the same time.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Emergence questioning
Desire level
Effects continue
Beach people desire interaction with sun, sand, and sea.
“Contrary to what phenomenology—which is always phenomenology of perception—has tried to make us believe, contrary to what our desire cannot fail to be tempted into believing, the thing itself always escapes.” – Jacques Derrida
Proper recognition
Morning cycle
Simple gaze
Going with the flow, you don’t need to traverse far to experience marvelous things.
“There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere.” – Bill Bryson
According means
Definite plan
Drawing together
During the renter season there is a plethora of molded plastic objects cluttering the beach.
“Be creative while inventing ideas, but be disciplined while implementing them.” – Amit Kalantri
Perennial grass
Texture structure
Move in the breeze
From both far and near, tall grass is an interesting feature of the shore landscape.
“The wind pushed it, attacked it, struck it in one place and then another. It rose and fell and rose again.” – Kristin Cashore
Intimate evocative
Rhythmic rhymes
Brighter later
A pink ocean morning comes complete with an osprey.
“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.” – Sarah Addison Allen