At a given instant
Momentary positions
Greater panorama
With grace pelicans glide across the horizon within an immense universal backdrop. Things only become visible when they either exhibit contrast or undergo change.
“We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of the state that is to follow.” – Pierre Simon de Laplace
Emphasize significance
Embodied experience
Rather abstract
Repeated walks across the same geography develops deeper understanding. A natural, wild and varied landscape is sincere even if enclosed and bounded by civilization.
“I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” – G.M. Trevelyan
Lapping shores
Shimmering sand
Whispering ripples
With an intimate sense of cooperation and imperturbability, the rolling sea is constantly convolutional, reconfiguring the abutting land edge.
“When relaxing or reflecting, movement can enable or mediate the thoughts and feelings of the walker; the environment walked in is also likely to be part of this thinking and feeling process.” – Christopher Tilley
Occupy space
Twisted limbs
Spreading expansion
On a stroll through the Currituck Banks Reserve, an excellent encounter with an iconic live oak specimen transpires.
“Without any companion it grew there, glistening out with joyous leaves of dark green.” – Walt Whitman
Order to establish
Elaborate appropriately
Formulation inspiration
Ideas reconfigure internal thinking and shift awareness objectives. Associated external relationships fluctuate.
“Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.” – Osho
Ground surface
Blowing sand
Frontal dune
Exercising control over erosion is an attempt to stabilize intrinsic dynamic processes. The integrity of the natural system is compromised by imperious management.
“When the fence system is approximately two-thirds filled with sand, erect another series of fences until desired dune height is reached.” – Jan Smith
Ever changing
Vibrant transit
Positional exchange
The start of an image series is predicated on developmental opportunity. Cognitive potentials seem to arise with new specific types of aesthetic interaction.
“Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back.” – John O’Donohue
Rejected bycatch
Untargeted species
Commercial fishing
Suddenly one morning, many dead or dying rays are found washed up on the beach. Such cartilaginous fishes cannot recover rapidly if their populations are depleted.
“If we truly want to save the ocean’s most fascinating creatures, we must stop supporting the industries that are destroying them.” – Julie Cappiello
Easily affected
Highly dynamic
Integral component
Just behind the ocean front sand dune, growth and survival of specialized vegetation helps to maintain the fragile system. Such dune vegetation is robust and tolerant to extreme environmental conditions, but cannot survive being trampled.
“The Outer Banks is really only filaments of sand running across ancient river channels, relics of the last ice age, when sea levels were far lower and the coastline was hundreds of miles farther out than it is today.” – William A. Birkemeier
Constant change
Place and time
Tide will turn
The ocean is a ceaseless phenomenon, with cyclical appearance variations evident continuously. Here water depth variations undulate outward from the shore.
“Meet me where the sky touches the sea.” – Nicole LaBarge