Feeling into
Empathy object
Creative reformulation
A mutual experience of exchange can occur between the observer and the perceived object environment.
“The imagination is enlarged by a sympathy with pains and passions so mighty, that they distend in their conception the capacity of that by which they are conceived.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Playful practice
Readily dispensed
Tight budget
Cast shadows increase visual interest on the final climb over the last beach dune.
“The process of visual structuring, in which each element receives its character by taking its place in the whole, occurs to some extent below the level of consciousness.” – Rudolf Arnheim
Heaving surface
Ceaseless universe
Secret lore
Up with the sunrise, the vista is continuously changing.
“I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” – Isaac Newton
Relatively flat
Wave carved
Natural sculpture
Viewed in comparison with surrounds rather than absolutely, the angle of approach effects the perception of depth.
“Tides exist thanks to the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun, but vary depending on where the moon and sun are in relation to the ocean as the earth rotates on its axis.” – Caty Fairclough
Drift in space
Fills the void
Time oceanic
Living on the surface, over time the ocean slowly reveals some of its secrets.
“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.” – Dejan Stojanovic
Ecological conception
Aesthetic experience
Capacity to humanize
Deep in the forest, aesthetic comfort transpires. The natural roots of inspiration are substantial and ancient.
“In the creation and reception of art the embodied subject is fully at home with his or her environment.” – Paul Crowther
In tune
Heading out
Wave riding
Looking south as pelicans travel east, there is a synchronism to aggregate movement.
“Artists make art. Singers sing. Players play. Gypsies travel.” – Ann Wilson
Assessing haziness
Insulated glass unit
Window seal failure
Synthesizing evidence from objects, art can be made from entirely improbable sources.
“The multi-pane glass develops condensation or fogginess that can’t be wiped off from either side of the window. The cause is a failure in the edge seal that secures the individual panes of glass.” Lee Wallender
Early morning
Surf fishing
Many factors
As the beach becomes crowded, competing activities conflict.
“As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.” – Izaak Walton
Three gulls
Take flight
Interface transition
Each bird species attains altitude with a characteristic climb rate profile.
“Flight of my mind rises beneath the seagull’s wings …then ocean is my motherland I feel.” – Munia Khan