Asteroidea
Star-shaped
Echinoderm
Wonderment
Starfish have tube feet operated by a hydraulic system and a mouth at the center of the oral or lower surface.
“In the vast oceanic universe starfishes are the stars in the sky of the shore…” – Munia Khan
Honey Meadery
Everything bees
Maturing process
Based on honey
Tonya sought out a creative way to use the honey she was already producing.
“It’s a drink. Concentrated prayer and belief, distilled into a potent liqueur.” – Neil Gaiman
Friendship
Shared values
Mutual respect
Enigmatic bond
A serendipitous meeting of souls who resonate with each other’s deepest selves.
“True friends are a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” – Aristotle
Surplus
Unmediated experience
Draws our attention
Built up over time
When we look at an image, we are not simply seeing a representation of the world; we are also experiencing the image itself.
“The world is not given to us in a single, unified way. Rather, it is experienced in a piecemeal fashion, as a stream of sensations and perceptions.” – Edmund Husserl
Moving Through Space
Lack of clarity
Perceptions challenged
Anonymous silhouettes
There is no grand plan or purpose. We are simply here, and we must make our own meaning in life.
“Man is the only creature who refuses what he is.” – Albert Camus
Grandview Nature Preserve
Salt marsh
Tidal creeks
Beachfront
This is a great location to beach comb, observe migratory birds, and discover the wonders of wetlands.
“The preserve’s trail goes through a saltwater marsh before reaching a 2.5-mile-long beach on the Chesapeake Bay.” – Preston Steger
Empty Bottle
Captures the essence
Affirmation of the freedom
To create meaning
A metaphor for the existential condition.
“The spirit is not a thing, but a process, a becoming. It is not something given, but something that we create ourselves. We are constantly making and remaking ourselves in the world.” – Benedetto Crocea
Sentinel Reflective
Lone silver
Statue stands
Surface mirroring
Accept the absurdity of existence to find meaning in the act of living itself.
“The only way to live without despair is to live without hope.” – Albert Camus
Within Constraints
Existentialist condition
Confront meaning
Inevitable brevity
We should embrace the uncertainty and anxiety of the existentialist condition and live our lives to the fullest.
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard
Purple Glass Vase
Living force
Shapes present
Experience
The past is not something that we can escape, but it is also something that we can use to shape our future.
“The past is not simply something which has been and is no longer; it is something which is still present, which continues to act upon us.” – Henri Bergson