Herons

Oxygenated water
Hunting instincts
Concentration

An ancient species is long of this world.

“Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.” – Gil Scott-Heron

Change vicissitudes
Valuable tantalization
Ensconced firmament

The power and action of attention focusing revealed as a primordial survival strategy.

“He opens or revives a prospect that is always threatened by obscurity and always needs to be refreshed.” – Robert Sokolowski

Over ocean lake
Graceful motion
Impressive journey

Vigilance pays off when stalking the stalker.

“A great blue heron is the color of gray mist reflecting in blue water.” – Delia Owens

Unique wisdom
Progress evolution
Determination path

Fast reflexes assist in capturing bird flight.

“In flight, the Great Blue Heron curls its neck into a tight “S” shape; its wings are broad and rounded and its legs trail well beyond the tail.” – John Fitzpatrick

Standing motionless
Staring intently
Into shallow water

Stalking the stalker, patient slow deliberate movement pays off.

“To me, the great blue heron looks like a leftover primordial creature with its long spindly legs, its equally long curved neck, its flowing plumage, and its sharp dagger-like bill, which it uses to stab its prey.” – John Adamski

Substance mixture
Particular belongings
Inseparably together

In nature divergent things seem to inherently harmonize.

“The world was not made for any one species.” – Daniel Quinn

Walk in water
Partially immersed
Slowly seeking

Conscientiously clam in the passing flux, appreciation builds as things patiently slow down.

“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.” – Wendell Berry

Low altitude
Flight actualization
All of a sudden

A mutually startling encounter on the path around Ocean Lake results in an intuitive image capture.

“It is in the relationship between the image and movement, in the image’s way of extending itself in movement, that we must find the final moments of actualization.” – Gilles Deleuze

Wading bird
Heron family
Open water shores

A wetland venue opens new visual possibilities, as a great blue heron is fully engaged in spearfishing.

“Creativity is the Blue Heron within us waiting to fly; through her imagination, all things become possible.” – Nadia Janice Brown