Brief contact
Deep nature
Ancient exercise
The neighborhood nature trail accepted us without notice as bright sunshine percolated through the trees. Living in the moment, happiness is a mode of movement.
“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” – Henry David Thoreau
Abstract connection
Natural responsibility
Increasing the distance
From this vantage point, anything unsee-able tends to recede into unimportance. Comparing the real with the ideal, time is only measured by the occasional chirping of a bird.
“Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with excellence.” – Aristotle
Forest silence
Naturally grown
Pleasant journey
Although the highest good may be happiness, views of happiness differ. Art is an excellent alternative to religion.
“Every rational activity aims at some end or good.” – Aristotle
Elusive glimpse
Inherently fleeting
This moist world
It generally takes awhile and repeated exposure to begin to get a true sense of place. Each creative encounter prepares for the next opportunity.
“Swamps and bogs are places of transition and wild growth, breeding grounds, experimental labs where organisms and ideas have the luxury of being out of the spotlight, where the imagination can mutate and mate, send tendrils into and out of the water.” – Barbara Hurd
Romantic take
Appreciated anonymity
Poetic sophistication
A perennial winter’s day, on a trip to somewhere long ago, appears seasonally timeless. Each image capture records only the duration of a shutter snap within an infinite flow.
“No work of art is ever finished, it is only taken away.” – Geddy Lee
Discrete vignettes
Brief interstices
Epiphany clips
A wilderness visit of short duration leaves sharp images of sublime memory, and a capacious desire for more expansive exploration. The realistic truth of the outer world nourishes the poetic soul.
“A work of art is a corner of nature seen through a temperament.” – Emile Zola
Exquisite scenery
Weather uncertain
Self contained groove
Out walking by myself, exploring the shores of the Chesapeake Bay during the dead of winter, was extremely satisfying. Moving across the landscape on long observational walks remains a meaningful activity fueling the intellect.
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck
Suitably scenic
Plumb the depths
Desire a-rambling
Temporary atmospheric conditions influence feelings and aesthetic response. Observing nature and weather pass by the side window, the conscious component of experience appreciates quotidian life.
“Overall, the same mantra continues to apply: keep moving.” – Neil Peart
Passing today
White noise
All the way
Recycling the periodic rhythm, while in it for the long haul, seasons come and go with regularity.
“Feelings of anticipation bring back that childhood sense of Time; its incomprehensible linearity, how unreal there seems from here, in either direction.” – Neil Peart
Supercooling
Contact freeze
Glaze Event
On the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, a temporary crystal wonderland accompanies an overnight ice storm. Sudden landscape transformations are consistently intriguing.
“A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.” – Marcel Proust