Originally posted on FORMAL DIVISIONS and SURFACE PATTERNS: Saxapahaw, North Carolina
Along the margins of the woods, the trees reach out to the sun. On a winter day it is the perfect place for snow to lay.
A bit of slowly moving water, a branch bare of leaves and I’m lost, mesmerized by the reflections.
I find astonishing beauty at nearly every turn. This was moss and lichen growing on a rock by the river. When I think beyond simple beauty I’m seeing—shapes, colors, textures—and imagine…
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