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Looking Down (#1 in series: Birdlings Flat’s pebble beach)

 

Australians take great pride in our nation’s many sandy beaches – oft fair in colour, lovely to look at, and a pleasure to walk on.

Metaphorically, we look down our noses at other lands’ generally darker strands, most especially if they are pebbled or rocky.

However, when standing on a pebbly beach, if one literally looks down, chances are that the scene at one’s feet is beautiful.

When looked at, one square metre at a time, it will almost certainly prove much more visually interesting than any square metre of golden or snow-white sand.

This series opens with its oldest photo, taken in July 2010 on a very “high energy” beach on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island.

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Surface, shifting (#88 in “a shining moment” series)

“Our” planet’s water surfaces are all shifting, always.

This reality is not always readily apparent.

It is, however, strikingly evident when one looks across a substantial intertidal zone when the tide is “out”.

This post’s musical component is Surface Level III – a particularly beautiful piece from Appearance, Chris Abrahams’ 2020 solo piano album.

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