Natural forces
City detail
Window intricacy
Reflectance and transmittance depend on surface properties such as smoothness and refractive index.
“Transparency is not a simple matter of letting light through. It is a complex interplay of reflection, refraction, and absorption.” – Richard Feynman
Window reflection
Self portrait
With chairs
Generally I am not interested in images of myself.
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
Translucent
Precious boundary
Lustrous interface
A fine example of a store-window surface-light complex.
“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.” – Salvador Dali
Energy waves
Object elucidate
Surface light return
Objects are often visually defined by their environmental randomness.
“We were in separate realities, fast and slow. There is no fixed reality, only objects in contrast.” – Rachel Kushner
Sound side
Northern region
Outer banks
An evening walk around the prestigious Whalehead in Historic Corolla always delivers aesthetic value.
“Currituck Sound is comprised of wide-open waterways and is surrounded by acres of naturally sustained maritime forests and marshland.” – Ann Wood
Island tip
Narrow isthmus
Marshy ecosystem
A wonderful spot worthy of multiple visits.
“A slow, steady geological process formed the marshy Jamestown peninsula.” — Sarah J Stebbins
Rubble mound
Coastal management
Energy absorption
At every juncture, the aesthetic goal is to maximize that which is presented.
“Every entity is to be understood in terms of the way it is interwoven with the rest of the universe.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Determined concretely
Perfectly assured
Practical possibility
Truth is revealed in the reflective interface of the store front window.
“We have our continuous experience in which this world incessantly stands before our eyes, as existing without question.” – Edmund Husserl
Worth holding
Situated space
Hide reveal
Accorded the status of a psychological curiosity, a window decal takes on new meaning.
“We have discovered that it is impossible, in this world, to separate things from their way of appearing.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Dead tree
High Water
Boundary marker
The tidewater is a substantially dynamic interface of constant change.
“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus