urban ku # 90 ~ beach life, extended version

Beach life - the triptych • click to embiggenIt's amazing how, even when you have your butt parked in a beach chair under an umbrella and aren't about to move an inch because it's so f-ing hot and humid that just moving your eyeballs makes rivers of salty sweat run down your face, there is still plenty of interest all around you to picture.

There are these lovely little vignettes that don't seem especially interesting in real-time but, when stopped in picture-time and viewed with a bit of reflection, they create a flood of real-time memories and associations. Even if the viewer doesn't share any 'beach' experiences, when the pictures are approached with a sense of curiosity, one can still be transported to a 'place' - mental, emotional and visual - that is new and different from one's everyday 'place' in life.