Tuesday
22Sep2009
Back to the Edges
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7:00AM
I'm just back from a brief trip to the Cornish 'Edges' and thought I would offer this image while I get down to writing my reflections on both the images and my creative process. This time it was different; I wonder if we can ever really 'go back' to a place as transient as a coastline. And, of course, this raises the question of who are we as we go back. It's not only the coast line that is changing...





























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Reader Comments (4)
MMm, well I wonder about the mix of the permanenet, or at least long lasting, and transient in this comment. So the particular effect of sea on rocks may have changed but I guess those rocks have been there for a while. And although the particular force of sea, according to wind and tide, may be different today from yesterday, these rocks and sea have been engaging in dancing together for a while. So I wonder about when I take myself down to a familiar spot like this whether I, too, want to engage with something of that long drawn out dance, engage with myslef and my connections over some period of time which makes sense, is resonant of being in the world.
What now fascinates me is the particular quality of image, of photo, that links somehow with my experience but yet speaks to a different, maybe deeper, maybe more archetypal version, according to one of your earlier comments. I see differently through the photo.
Hi Robin,
Yes, there is a timelessness here - as you say, a permanence... Perhaps this is the attraction for me; that among the change of the tide, the ebb and flow, there is a repeating relationship between the elements that offers some sort of perspective to my more unpredictable and seemingly chaotic existence.
I'm also fascinated by the relationships that are implied by the blur and mist; mysterious relationships between rock and water at which we can only guess. I'm delighted that we can't analyse or know everything...
Beautiful! I love the textures and subtle mix of colors in this one. Looks like a painting.
Thanks, Lynda!
I wondered if I had over-processed this one... I realise that I was trying to work from a memory of the morning when I looked at the RAW image a few days later. But this is kind of how I remember it - AND I was surprised by some of the details in the image too.