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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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