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Blanco, Eight Ball and other assorted Gray whales from the Central Oregon Coast.
Tag Archives: ocean
Oregon Coast – Depoe Bay to Seal Rock
Some scenes from the coast.
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, May 18th, 2016.
Tides
This entry requires re-visiting a haiku previously written, so it’s possible you might recognize the opening lines.
tears drop in ocean 
cloaking pain with saltwater
eternal waves roll
and then it becomes …
everything returns
waves and whales riding currents
tides and love a swell
Saltwater- Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – February 17, 2016 – The Water Exercise
Saltwater
tears drop in ocean
cloaking pain with saltwater
eternal waves roll
Sometimes a rock is just a rock.
Writing 101’s assignment number 5 conjures Hemingway.
“The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The sharks are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit.” – Ernest Hemingway
Papa famously reacted to explanations about symbolism in his writing as evidence of someone who did not understand his writing.
In the end, only the writer knows what their symbolism truly represents. But what others guess it to represent is also part of the effect of any written piece, intended or not. I often introduce weather in my stories. It’s generally not symbolic, but I could understand if someone inferred such intent because weather often effects the mood of a scene. It’s not a huge leap from mood to meaning. At the least, they intertwine in context and change each other. If a thread sewn into the pattern of a blossom is pulled from a quilt, is it still a flower, or just a thread without guidance?
Only Hemingway knew if his sharks represented anything more than sharks, and he took that secret to the grave, but “The Old Man and the Sea” wouldn’t have been a classic without them.
San Francisco – Part Three – All Around the City
The best of the rest of the city by the bay.
In this post, the last of our three-part series on San Francisco, your assignment (besides enjoying a tour of the city without leaving your desktop) is to find:
- Sylvester Stallone (or a reasonable facsimile)
- A Western Gull
- A pyramid
Good luck.
San Francisco – Part Two – Alcatraz
Part two of my three-part photo series on San Francisco features Alcatraz, the iconic island that dominates views of the bay from the Embarcadero to the Presidio. Residents have ranged from Al Capone to baby seagulls. Enjoy.
