Landscape

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

Distinct ecosystem
Saturated by water
Seasonally

After a rain the swamp refills.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ocean’s edge
Limited space
Water left behind

Isolated pockets of seawater remain at low tide in depressions along the shoreline.

“But when the tide goes out the little water world becomes quiet and lovely.” – John Steinbeck

Old iron
Mooring buoy
Remains

Repurposed to help control shore erosion, a few historic buoys return to the water to decompose.

“Mooring buoys support sustainable use by preventing anchor damage on sensitive habitats especially coral formations, seagrass beds, and submerged archaeological resources, while facilitating public access for research, recreation, and tourism.” – Sarah Fangman

Blue waters
Waves dance
Morning light

So far away and yet so close.

“The part of life we really live is small. For all the rest of existence is not life, but merely time.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca