Mind power
Framing ideas
Abstract notions
Sand blown onto the beach boardwalk fills up the cracks and crevices while bright sunlight stripes add ambiguity. I walked over this for months before recognizing it’s aesthetic potential. Makes me think about what else I might be missing.
“By generalizing abstraction, we mentally separate one idea from its particular determinations, as when we think of a color but no particular color.” – Samuel C. Rickless
Duel vortex
Decent distance
Helios special
The Russian Helios 44-2 lens creates awesome bokeh in a swirling circular pattern, perfect for places that already possess an enchanted ambiance.
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.” – Roald Dahl
Context provision
Process intricacy
Irresistible entry
Beach houses, with their multilevel decking and external connecting stairways, are unique edifices.
“I woke up in between a memory and a dream.” – Tom Petty
Infinitely complex
Movement spontaneity
Attention thrust
Every trip to the Currituck Heritage Park on the sound side of the Banks is visually rewarding, especially late in the day.
“We are not the vital current itself; we are this current already loaded with matter, that is, with congealed parts of its own substance which it carries along its course.” – Henri Bergson
Sensory experience
Physical response
Entry point
Sunset at the edge of the Currituck Banks Maritime Forest, where the grasslands dominate, offers ample aesthetic opportunity.
“In nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird – all is there for itself.” – Berthold Auerbach
Primary features
Essential nature
Aesthetics inclination
Seeing possibilities in the details, the native vegetation demands attention.
“It’s to do with abolishing ways of existing or, as Nietzsche put it, inventing new possibilities of life. Existing not as a subject but as a work of art – and this last phase presents thought as artistry.” – Gilles Deleuze
Eloquent radiance
Brightness splendor
Dazzled by a vision
The protective dunes accommodate their own distinctive beauty.
“But to apprehend one element of such a whole constitutes and presupposes a long step towards apprehending the rest.” – Bernard Bosanouet
To the north
Shore illumination
Passing storm
The shore doesn’t care about anything, it just exists in an ever-changing display of natural forces.
“We can endure the storms only if we believe that the sun will soon come out of the clouds!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
Over ocean lake
Graceful motion
Impressive journey
Vigilance pays off when stalking the stalker.
“A great blue heron is the color of gray mist reflecting in blue water.” – Delia Owens
Rising high
Sloping sand
Large undulations
The dynamic ocean is simply present, calming in it’s agitation as vastness offers perspective.
“Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.” – Hermann Broch