Portal into
Lived experience
Purpose and belonging
The cup, precariously suspended, becomes a symbol of our own precarious existence, of the delicate balance we maintain between order and chaos, routine and the unexpected.
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Alfred Adler
Pin stripes & dirt
Physical properties
Experienced subjectively
The contours of the handle, the glint of the metal, and the slight curve of the panel are features not simply given to us; they are actively constituted by our consciousness.
“The red is not in the object; it is in the way the object appears to us.” – Edmund Husserl
Importance of experience
Directly given
Without assumptions
An invitation to a shared space.
“There is no such thing as space in itself, but only spaces.” ― Henri Bergson
Lived experience
Southern hospitality
Embodied subject
An invitation to a shared space.
“The phenomenon is not simply what appears; it is what manifests itself within a certain horizon, from a certain point of view.” ― Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Existential weight
Comforting distractions
Leap of faith
Marks of the individual upon the indifferent face of the universe.
“The only true voyage of discovery is not to discover new territories, but to discover new possibilities within ourselves.” – Søren Kierkegaard
Floating melody
Warm welcome
Corolla Chapel
A wonderful evening of Christmas joy.
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
Bougie
Goat
Boutique
A combination of visual elements contributes to image satisfaction.
“Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.” – Benjamin Whichcote
Still lake
Surface mirror
Autumn foliage
The tranquility of the lake, its stillness a testament to the eternal, is juxtaposed with the vibrant, transient beauty of the leaves.
“The highest and most terrible paradox of existence is that actuality comes only through potentiality… the highest paradox… is that to live is to die.” – Søren Kierkegaard
High security
Morning light
Hurry in now
Existential paradoxes dance upon an urban stage, as the weight of freedom presses down heavy.
“The more solitary, the more profound is reflection; the more social, the more superficial.” – Søren Kierkegaard
On the beach
Grandview nature preserve
Lower Chesapeake bay
Sometimes organic structures wash-up out of the depths.
“Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.” – Loren Eiseley