One of these photos has appeared on this blog before but this arrangement of driftwood has stayed with me for the last few months. Last fall, when my husband and I saw these driftwood pieces on Cavendish Beach, I took a series of photos around the wood. The pieces were battered by the elements though away from regular wave action. If you don’t walk around them, you miss a great deal.
Some qualities of the wood are the same from all angles, its smooth and rough elements, with projections, lines, holes, colours and marks.
However, as you circle it, the background changes as does the light and they highlight different pieces and areas.
Your position affects how and what you see.
And so it is with life sometimes.
This year, I will remember the driftwood!
Wonderful analogy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debra.
DeleteInteresting, I love driftwood. Diane
ReplyDeleteI do too, Diane.
DeleteI think that's a wonderful analogy for life and our world today. I'll remember it, Marie. Thank you for the insight. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt’s been on my mind since I saw it, Jan.
DeleteIt is sad to see them.I am glad that at least those are not some parts of rickety boats drifted from stormy sea.
ReplyDeleteThere is an area of beach here with the wooden remains of a boat, Tomoko, though I haven’t seen it.
DeletePerspective. Objective perspective. Love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat title, Joanne.
DeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda.
DeleteA good photo lesson that I too often forget is to thoroughly explore the scene, any scene. Don't t just shoot one and go. But I forget.
ReplyDeleteI know, AC. It is easily done!
DeleteJust lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mage.
DeleteWonderful perspectives! My mother was quite fond of driftwood.
ReplyDeleteThanks, William.
DeleteBeautiful Marie and I always wonder where the wood has been traveling and where it came from.
ReplyDeleteI always ponder that too, Celia.
DeleteWise words. I like it very much.
ReplyDeleteI always liked finding smooth pieces of driftwood on vacations to Vancouver Island when I was a kid.
Thanks, Jenn.
DeleteThank you for the beautiful poetic life lesson.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, EC.
DeleteSo true and thought provoking! Sarah x
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah.
Deleteit beautiful - and true of so many things!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. i agree, Debbie.
DeleteI love this post, Marie and I love driftwood. You are right about walking around it to see the image transform into something else. I collect driftwood and my wife uses pieces in her art.
ReplyDeleteYour wife must be creative, Bill. How wonderful to use natural elements in one’s art!
DeleteIt's very pretty. And so true that our position can affect how we see things.
ReplyDeleteI love the various looks too, Danielle.
DeleteAwh Driftwood. It is so soft and sensual in appearance. Nice photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Barbara.
DeleteSome of us (maybe I should write "I" but I don't want to be alone) tend to see things, situations or people from one angle/perspective only thus limiting our understanding, our appreciation of what surrounds us.
ReplyDeleteYes let's do a three sixty and become richer in the process. ..
I am trying to change, Catarina.
DeleteWhat a great sermonette the driftwood has offered us all, Marie. Thank you. I was just talking to someone today about how careful we need to be in how we "frame" our stories, lest they end up being untruths.
ReplyDeleteGreat example, Ginnie!
DeleteLoved this post Marie, for nature's sculpture and the insight it offered! All is well with you?
ReplyDeleteAll is well, PDP. Thank you for asking though!
DeleteYou have a photographer's eye!
ReplyDeleteThank you, FG.
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