Island Wetland

Critical habitat
Maritime climate
Associated buffers

A swampy area is located at a high elevation point on Jamestown Island.

“While it may seem easy to lump wetlands, marshes and swamps together, they all have some unique characteristics.” – Anonymous

Wild Shore

Cold sea
Long slant
Winter sun

Cold winter days on the beach stimulate invigoration.

“So, you see, my heart is held forever by this place,” she said. “I cannot leave.” – Susanna Kearsley

Pirate Cove

Secret past
Sense of recollection
Know just what to do

A still winter morning on the lower James River.

“You belong somewhere you feel free.” — Tom Petty

Confluence

Felgates Creek
King Creek
York River

Looking north across the junction of two creeks and a river estuary.

“Patience is the river that finds its way to the sea, by flowing through many confluences.” — Mladen Ðordevic

Wetland

Distinct ecosystem
Saturated by water
Seasonally

After a rain the swamp refills.

“There is no wetlands with water.” — Lailah Gifty Akita

Low Tide

Lens flare
Estuary
Footprint

Many things must come together and contribute to the aesthetic imperative.

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are — or, as we are conditioned to see it.” – Stephen R. Covey

Better Still

In the thrall
Differentiate into
Interrelated epigraphs

A new creative tool can push the aesthetic trajectory in different directions.

“The central point of the work of art is the work as origin, the point which cannot be reached, yet the only one which is worth reaching.” – Maurice Blanchot

Approaching Destiny

Metaphysic constructivism
Processual conditions
Ontological world

Some places exhibit a universality throughout all experience.

“It is presupposed that no entity can be conceived in complete abstraction from the system of the universe, and that it is the business of speculative philosophy to exhibit this truth.” – Alfred North Whitehead

After Rain

Off the deck
Backyard color
Saturation

Often the bounties of existence are close at hand.

“A life without rain is like the sun without shade.” – Karen White

Passing Moment

Make up a life
Image of delight
Things materialize

Bright morning light at the reservoir.

“But the great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake.” – Willa Cather

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