Embracing the most
Of fewer things
Elegant essentials
Moving in close, to eliminate unnecessary distractions and reveal the essence of a thing, is innately satisfying.
“Simplicity of shape does not necessarily equate with simplicity of experience.” – Robert Morris
Rugged cliffs
Scenic splendor
Imbue with meaning
Scanning an immense landscape for essential details involves serious contemplation over a tranquil duration.
“My mind wandered above its monitoring function into the fields of memory.” – Neil Peart
Low flight
Cast over
Wet sand
The Boat-tail Grackle is an aquatic creature, nesting in marshes and scavenging on beaches.
“Adult males have entirely iridescent black plumage, a long dark bill, a pale yellowish or brown iris, and a long keel-shaped tail.” – G. Thomas Bancroft
Sidewalk dining
Authentic memorabilia
Junction scramble
The clean and clear high desert air enhances object demarcation, as old memories fuel new experience.
“It’s a sign of a good diner to have customers who are stuck in time. A well-known rule of eating is that if there are no time-loop customers, the place probably isn’t worth even ordering a plate of fries.” – Joseph Fink
Slow extension
Interior sympathy
Just a vague notion
Walking both randomly and yet purposefully in the predawn darkness, directed by conditions and mood, new weak artificial lights smear across the sensor plane.
“I had tried the Hermit mode, now it was time to try the Gypsy mode.” – Neil Peart
Terrorize drivers
Around the traffic circle
Downtown center
A life sized ferocious dinosaur protects the small town of Fruita, Colorado.
“You’re not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more,” said Yo-less. “It’s speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.” – Terry Pratchett
Boggy area
Rhizomatous roots
Long flat leaves
Water and life are tightly intertwined.
“Underwater, they provide a safe haven for tiny fish and attract many of the smaller aquatic creatures that birds and other wildlife feed on.” – Jackie Rhoades
Mostly transparent
Obscuring phenomena
Reflective enrapture
On another visit to the Historic Corolla Park to experience a sunset over the Currituck Sound, conditions initially seem aesthetically unfavorable. But as time goes by, visual potential is revealed.
“Time has always been the greatest ally to Truth, because Time eventually relieves and reveals all.” – Suzy Kassem
Every step
Vigorous exertion
Passionate concern
Here is another image from my early morning Ambient Ambulation series. Performing as a dynamic participant of the diurnal cycle, when moving through the landscape using a LED flashlight as supplemental illumination, colors and shapes dominate in the predawn darkness. Like everything else in life, practice and dedication to an enterprise engenders progress.
“Progress is not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” – Khalil Gibran
Receptive perception
Direct sensitivity
Framed wildness
A wild horse in the Little Book Cliffs looks magnificent in the late afternoon sun.
“I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness.” – Aldo Leopold