Oceanic Currents
Acting forces
Breaking waves
Roam the sea
Under a bright sun, the coastal shoreline threshold shifts into a dazzling blur of color and light. The sensory and affective impact of the ocean environment argues for the primal role of the aesthetic in human experience.
“Smell the sea, and feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly, into the mystic.” – Van Morrison
Specimen Translations
Sufficiently elaborate
Sensible acquaintance
Current tactile resources
Light interactions define perception of visual objects as the primacy of judgmental content. The relative negative absence of a physical force is as real as any positive manifestation.
“The term ‘episode’ is elastic enough to cover a great deal of territory.” – Wilfrid Sellars
Across the Street
Farm lands
Surety bonds
Abstract title
A range of specific interactive pieces of adornment add to the substance of matter. On top of the material physicality of the world, we all must navigate an aggressive cultural patina.
“Sense-data have the “representative function” of making us conscious of material things.” – Alfred J. Ayer
Beyond Experience
Stipulative meaning
Indispensable inclination
Indefinite range
Stretching imagination, the romance of the ocean lingers on as it induces deep states of aware relaxation. The shore interface can stimulate a mental shift of intense harmony.
“The combination of sun, sea and sand is the most natural and easily accessible form of therapy available to mankind.” – Garima Roy
All the Way Down
Parts arranged
Specific manner
Operational whole
Harmony lurking in the alley reminds us that the existence of simples is questionable. Must complexity rest on something that is not complex?
“Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.” – Leon Battista Alberti
Shoreline
At the edge
Modified fringe
Direct connection
Although correlation does not imply causation, happenstance is nevertheless full of causes. Cognitive simplification of existence facilitates response management.
“The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.” – Cyril Connolly