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| One Street Over, Blacksburg, VA - Jan 17, 2011 ` |
The other day I saw the foam on the sea shore
And today I heard the sound of the waves-
I have a great imagination.
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So ok, I have a pretty good visual imagination. It is a game I have played since I was a child. Where I make my brain see - and I mean actually see something that is not there. And I am not talking about creepy, yucky things. I am talking about staring at the evening clouds -many times upside down until I could see ocean waves. Or walking across a fence rail and imagining the ground was really millions of people, very far away.
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And less you think I have grown up and become normal -I took the photo above when I was imagining that the residual salt marks on the road were foam from the oceans waves- and ta da I was at the shore!
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Another fun way I like to to "see" things differently is on nice sunny days I love to walk with my eyes closed down a particularly straight part of the trail. Pepper keeps me going pretty straight-and I peak at where I am going every 10 steps or so. Anyway I do it mostly because I love the feel of the sun on my eyelids. I then imagine I am again walking along the shoreline- the whir of car tires far away becomes ocean waves- The bird calls of course are all wrong- but they need a vacation too.
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A safer way of heading to the beach is to sit by a sunny window with your eyes closed and one of those crashing waves sound machines- but I don't have one of those.
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It appears winter must be getting to me- no really I am just fine- Have a great day- Enjoy the beach!
I love your imagination! And, I did think that was a shot of a beach at first. I guess we are both beach dreaming! :)
ReplyDeleteYour photo worked well. When I saw it, I did think it was waves reaching up onto the beach ... I love the beach, thanks for the little daytrip today, I'm off to take a walk along the boardwalk I'm envisioning ...
ReplyDeleteImagination is a marvelous thing, and I'm glad you exercise yours and share with us. I can also see the seashore in your photo for today.
ReplyDeleteYou totally got me! When I read what you wrote about the photo being a salt mark, I had to scroll back up to have another look. Interesting - the power of suggestion. When paired with the poem, I completely read that photo as waves.
ReplyDeleteYou got me, too! I may need a trip to the ocean for a taste of the real thing.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for sharing a walk with me on the beach-- xoxo
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