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
Natural aging
Accelerated pace
Matter in motion
Objects on the beach are subjected to strong dynamic forces causing rapid visible change.
“I am attentive to the opportunities and I seize them as they arise.” – Idowu Koyenikan
Incidental elements
Attendant oxidation
Concomitant structure
Shifting subjects helps to keep the aesthetic fibers limber.
“Excluding parts of the whole story will make the viewer think for themselves.” – Carl Johan Johansson
Littered beaches
Civilization seed
Bitter future
Some discarded refuse remains in the ecosystem for a long time.
“The scale of the mess we leave behind is proportionate to the level of respect we have for others.” – Stewart Stafford
Self contained
On the spot
Nature perseverance
Some turtles are slower than others.
“Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.” – Bruce Feiler
Dive deeply
Into the pools
Of creativity
Many interesting objects, both natural and synthetic, periodically adorn the beach.
“There were no reasons so mighty that they could override the desire to be in accord with the tides and the passage of seasons and the rhythms underlying everything around me.” – Jeff VanderMeer
Cluster rhythm
Randomness coincidence
Points of contact
Each experience differs in its specific way. Shifting from the universal to the particular by concentrating on the near and small instead of the distant horizon, consciousness is informative.
“There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe.” – Frank Herbert
Non printed circuit board
Components accessible
Protected wiring
Certain environmental conditions cause accelerated aging. Periodic rehabilitation maintenance is required.
“The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.” – Nikola Tesla
Natural forces
Wind influence
Manipulating matter
Trying to coax nature into behaving in ways that strain the limits imposed by environmental physics inadvertently creates aesthetic opportunity.
“Everything in our world is connected by the delicate strands of the web of life, which is balanced between forces of destruction and the magic forces of creation.” – Magi Lune
Absent presence
Compressed vignette
Contrast embodiment
The inherent ambiguity of certain found objects is part of their attraction.
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” – Albert Einstein