Storm before Dawn
Implicit energy
Absolute freedom
Significance of the wild
Regardless of weather conditions and their associated comfort level, the dynamic spectacle freely presented each and every morning encourages aesthetic participation.
“The core of Transcendentalism was the belief that a correspondence or parallelism existed between the higher realm of spiritual truth and the
lower one of material objects.” – Roderick Frazier Nash
Temporary Tributary
Surface water
Affluent surge
Late downstream
Rain water does not drain well on a large sandbar landform. Such a low wet-area germinates a range of distinctive vegetation and attracts a particular variety of birds and other wildlife.
“Passion is of the nature of seed, and finds nourishment within, tending to a predominance which determines all currents towards itself, and makes the whole life its tributary.” – George Eliot
Light Wave
Water transmitted
Low sun angle
Early morning
Seeing things in the moment and trying new capture techniques keeps life interesting.
“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.” – John Lubbock