Get Lost
Fissured fault-line
Fractured sign paint
Topographical map
Natural processes effect all matter.
“There is no true loss in authentic growth, only the natural process of letting go, outgrowing, pruning.” – Tracey Bond
Got the Feeling
In the evening
Day is done
Make no rules
Water is all around on the sound side of the Outer Banks as the sun drops in the west.
“We were flying close to heaven, everything was starting to glow. Drivin’ into sunset, rollin’ ’cause we had to roll.” – Tom Petty
Tactical Transporter
Parse insights
Audacious in structure
Imagined conversations
This aging side of armor plating was found on a retired army transportation vehicle.
“There’s obdurate mystery in his powerful combinations of hermetic sensibility and formal clarity, which dumbfound even as they command attention.” – Peter Schjeldahl
Floor Remnants
Rebar rock
Shadow texture
Color evidence
Sometimes all that is left remains uniquely interesting.
“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Deserted Beach
Cold and windy
Terrain diverse
Irregular elevations
The expansive Outer Banks beaches feel wilder in the winter.
“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.” – Iris Murdoch
Consentient Set
Strained by its passage
Completely accounted for
Material event
Solid concrete shows signs of cracking.
“There is another way in which the motion of matter may be balanced (so to speak) against the velocity of light.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Hunting Fishing Trapping
Behind bars
Strictly forbidden
In the city
A sign is very efficacious, notifying random passing urbanites that this abandoned building’s wildlife is protected.
“No well-bred person goes ashore on someone else’s island when there’s no one home. But if they put up a sign, then you do it anyway, because it’s a slap in the face.”– Tove Jansson
Marsh Evening
Wide expanse
Nearing night
Grasses wave sway
Every trip to Whalehead offers sensual rewards.
“I have an immoderate passion for water; for the sea, though so vast, so restless, so beyond one’s comprehension; for rivers, beautiful, yet fugitive and elusive; but especially for marshes, teeming with all that mysterious life of the creatures that haunt them.”– Guy de Maupassant
Pocahontas Pancake
Small acts
Smell of place
Waffle shoppe
A landmark of Pamunkey tribe cuisine is conveniently located on the tourist strip of Atlantic avenue.
“A few dollars in my pocket, it’s not going to make a difference.”– George Zervoudakis
Bridge Base
River flow
Days too fast
Time passages
Evidence of ancient origins is found in the city’s underbelly.
“Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn; don’t know why you should feel that there’s something to learn.”– Al Stewart