Thematic affinities
Abiding fascination
Continual reorientation
Much satisfaction is derived from organizing visual information.
“The first and most important thing you have to do is feel your way through a city so that you can return to it with complete assurance.” – Walter Benjamin
Organized matter
Movement margins
Inscribe indeterminacy
Every trip around the lake brings fresh perspectives as physical movement unifies connections with vitality.
“Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.” – Herbert Spencer
Early morning rendezvous
Solitary natural light
Rise before dawn
The most enchanting Atlantic light occurs in the hour before sunrise.
“The ocean is full of untamed magic.” – Claudia Noble
Aim of living
Uncovering limits
Inherent within
It is provocative how you can pass-by latent opportunities many times before seeing the innate potential.
“It is time to restore the pendulum to a more balanced state.” – Philip Rose
Red berries
Thorny plant
Lakeside growth
Transitional areas are almost always full of interesting entities.
“Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.” – Shannon L. Alder
Force of habit
Multiplicitous complexity
Undecidability connections
Although it is impossible to fully grasp a total sense of place, repeated visits over a durational expanse helps to cultivate appreciation.
“Durational force, the force of temporality is the movement of complication, dispersion or difference that makes any becoming possible and the world a site of endless and unchartable becomings.” – Elizabeth Grosz
Old dirt road
Follows the path
Duck to Corolla
Although mostly enjoyable, this hike did not offer the expected scenery variety, thus becoming a slow slog near the end.
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G.M. Trevelyan
Mechanistic expression
Essential staticism
Closure aim
Diptychs can play with perspective. Subject to occasional sudden transformations, most of the time the human world is an assemblage of enduring re-identifiable objects that change gradually.
“The world is not static and the status quo is not sacred.” – Harry S. Truman
Mutual conditioning
Contributory role
Within the whole
Emerging from a period of darkness, early morning light transitions are a temporal gift from the universe.
“Our style of thinking, pragmatically bent on facilitating our action, has been engendered in concert with matter’s tendency to externalize into spatially discrete parts and exhibit a kind of geometry.” – John S. Meechan
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