A marriage of random words and images from a holiday weekend on a florida beach. dedicated to salty skies, oppressive heat and the sea as relief.
The sun and ships and hearts
This photo is (and arguably many of these images are) inspired by conversations with Mark Parrish, an artist I recently interviewed.
We talked about many things but one was about how he wanted to have a fresh approach to painting the ocean and beach — looking at it in less common ways.
creeks and lakes. gators and crocs.
I was thinking a lot of about Australia and Florida and, at one point in my travel journal, wrote something about alligators and crocodiles.
And then it was revealed, the perfect marriage of gators and crocs. Plus boogie boards and spray on sunscreen.
We will talk such a tough armor
intermission/inner mission
Surfboarding is a fun activity and popular pastime.
that hat is your friend.
P.S. “40,00 flies” by Bukowski = amazing.
“It’s so easy to be a poet
and so hard to be
a man.”
Latest videographs
The Hands Across the Sand event was started to gather support against offshore drilling. Given the climate after the oil spill, participation grew a great deal from the first event in February (check out Lauren’s video from then).
Also, this is an absurd celebration of Independence Day, explosions and the insanity of the beach on that weekend.
Finally, my friends found tar balls on our beach the other day. Pretty sad…Lauren has been doing some good documentation of it over at merseabeaucoup. Her video: