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The
rock stands
just offshore pointing toward the sunrise. A series of coves, caves
and hidden natural bridges entertain the tide - a tiny cove beach holds
a slender terrace of sand between jutting fingers of rock. The organic
body of the land itself, plunging and disappearing into the reaches
of water. Each day's coloring and weather are unique. The cliffs reflect
every change. Grasses ring the tops of the bluffs, softening the geological
roughness of the place. The rock is the future of the cliffs, whose
slow crumble can be heard from the top, shards of weathered mineral
dropping with the sound of broken glass on pavement. Tides, seasons,
weather, time of day - all transform the view into a shimmer of differences.
Vigorous and fragile, the land stands fast even as it imperceptibly
gives way to robust forces. Surfacing just off-shore, the rocky pyramid
brings its own curious and jagged history to each day. Acting as a
faceted reflective surface, it measures and refracts the depth of the
light, the pinks, golds, slate greys, murky indigos, always changing
and eluding a single moment, a single description. |
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photo:
© C. Waters
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