Landscape

Red sandstone
Natural sculpture
Wind rain and time

Focused on the present, times and conditions change constantly.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

Late afternoon
Scattered showers
Side trip

Driving through an area without any irrigation reinforces the high-desert reality.

“The magic fades too fast, the scent of summer never lasts, the nights turn hollow and vast but nothing remains…nothing lasts.” – Sanober Khan

Right to cross
Someone else’s land
Specified purpose

A grassy expanse stretches down the duel tree lines.

“The exercise of our agency compels us to frame some account of the spheres of our engagements and endeavors.” – Vincent Colapietro

Constantly saturated
Water levels fluctuate
Seasonal accordance

It is nice to have an interesting venue within walking distance of home.

“While there are many different wetland ecosystems around the world, both marshes and swamps are different from one another.” – August Croft

Speculation observation
Spirit searching
Concentration

Some encountered environments are subject to sudden rapid transformation.

“Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly.” – Michael Crichton

Scalar structures
Degree of spatiality
Irreducible experience

The beach offers opportunity for quiet contemplation.

“Nothing is left for our philosophy but to set out to prospect the actual world.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Quarry pond
Depth of field
Experimentation

An abandoned granite quarry on Belle Isle is now a 19-foot-deep reflecting pond.

“When these workers inadvertently opened a crack in the stone leading to the river, the quarry began to fill with water faster than it could be pumped out.”– Ben Swenson

Early spring
Natural variation
Ephemerals emerge

The meadow flora reacts to warmer weather and increased daylight.

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

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

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