Artificial Horizon
Out here where I live, on the Texas High Plains, I can always see the horizon. (Unless the dust is blowing, but that’s a whole different story.) When I travel to places where the horizon is obscured by silly things like hills or trees, I start to get a little fidgety after a day or so. There’s something about that flat line, way out there, that calms me down.
Oceans are good, with their non-broken horizons.
But then, this silliness happened. I have neither explanations nor apologies. That railing was just right there, and I had a camera, and…
Point Reyes National Seashore
photographed 4.16.2019
Posted on April 24, 2019, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, beach, black and white photography, horizon, learning to see, Leica, melinda green harvey, monochrome, ocean, one day one image, pacific ocean, photo a day, photography, Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, postaday, thoughtful seeing, travel photography. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
One Day | One Image 
One does what one must.
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I do. Oh, yes.
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I understand. Yet, once again, you poor misguided Westerners. One thrives best with trees and mountains around you. Flat horizons here means the mother of all earthquakes. Also brings at best , boredom, no privacy, doomed by the elements, and no good place to hide your moonshine still. Flat horizons surely are in the list of psychiatric disorders.
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If flat horizons are in the list of psychiatric disorders, I shudder to think what that implies for the lovers of flat horizons…
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The broader point: the natural horizon — be it flat, serrated, or pleasantly lumpy — is cause for celebration. City dwellers have only walls. THAT brings about disorders. (And I see no reason to hide a still. If I had one I’d display it proudly.) That’ll be two cents, please.
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Shall I mail you those two cents? Or use Apple Pay? Please let me know, and I’ll take care of it right away – I don’t want to have any debts hanging out there.
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On the house.
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😳😄😄
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