Coral

I came to this image with the thought that since it was of a part of the same tree as the prior image (the huge broken White Pine) that I would somehow figure out a way to tell the same story – in a different and interesting way of course. But I assumed that this post would also be about trees living and dying, the general subject of the other one.

That’s what I love about this practice – shooting carefully and then looking openly. Fraught with uncertainty, no idea where your eyes will land next, what you will see, what it will evoke. I’ve learned, most of the time, not to push and pull images to fit my conception but to listen, to attempt a conversation. I’m getting better at it.

When I started this post, I thought I would go on about what I see here but now I think it would be more fun to just react. There’s a lot going on. I try to look both knowing it’s a severed limb of an old tree and then letting go of that, looking with not-knowing eyes. Some things may change.