Anno Domini
Background foundation
Conception reckoned
Syntactic order
The past is inscribed in the present.
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston S. Churchill
Visible Index
Occasion arises
Objective correlatives
Variant relations
Finding interesting visual associations on an evening walk through Buck Island is satisfying.
“Thus since the seer is caught up in what he sees, it is still himself he sees: there is a fundamental narcissism of all vision.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Visible Synergy
Imminent experience
Primordial sensibility
Seascape interweave
Magic comes around every morning.
“Thought is a relationship with oneself and with the world as well as a relationship with the other; hence it is established in the three dimensions at the same time.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Conscious Combinatory
Emergence questioning
Desire level
Effects continue
Beach people desire interaction with sun, sand, and sea.
“Contrary to what phenomenology—which is always phenomenology of perception—has tried to make us believe, contrary to what our desire cannot fail to be tempted into believing, the thing itself always escapes.” – Jacques Derrida
Everyday Acts
Proper recognition
Morning cycle
Simple gaze
Going with the flow, you don’t need to traverse far to experience marvelous things.
“There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere.” – Bill Bryson
Implement Effect
According means
Definite plan
Drawing together
During the renter season there is a plethora of molded plastic objects cluttering the beach.
“Be creative while inventing ideas, but be disciplined while implementing them.” – Amit Kalantri
Seed Frond
Perennial grass
Texture structure
Move in the breeze
From both far and near, tall grass is an interesting feature of the shore landscape.
“The wind pushed it, attacked it, struck it in one place and then another. It rose and fell and rose again.” – Kristin Cashore
On its Way
Intimate evocative
Rhythmic rhymes
Brighter later
A pink ocean morning comes complete with an osprey.
“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.” – Sarah Addison Allen
Woods Pathway
Short distance
Dramatic change
Past boundaries
Several distinct environments present themselves for early morning ambient ambulations.
“A walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.” – Robert Macfarlane
Day Break
Morning air
Elemental forces
Eternal sky
The effort to get in position to observe the sunrise is always rewarded.
“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” – Henry David Thoreau