Away along the rivers and creeks I saw living beings I rarely see or I’ve never seen before; I took a lot of photographs. There is a feeling of “capturing” what is photographed …at times it can feel as if what counts is the photo, more than the actual experience of what is seen. My deepest and most memorable experiences have no photo, and I don’t think that is a coincidence. On an island surrounded by creeks I lay on the soft moss covered branch of a live oak tree. I felt my body and the tree meld. I could have stayed all day in that soft embrace, held by the tree, by the earth. I saw many bottlenose dolphins surface for air alongside the sailboat, I tried to photograph them…there are some photos… but…one night I awoke, hearing dolphins breathing alongside the boat. I went out into the dark night sky, the sleeping dolphin breath and gentle darkness filled me….. Body and earth, sky and sea. We are we.
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