Infinite Sea
Standing in the face of infinity
We found what we fell short:
Emptiness and modesty
The sea and the sky are a mirror of each other’s soul. The relationship between sea and sky is resembling an intimate relationship between two people: the occasional heated discussion or emotional conversation, every now and then even a fierce quarrel, at other times a gentle caress or a long intimate moment… Sometimes there seems to be some distance, but usually they are very close together. They are forever connected, they want and can not live without each other.
Every time when I climb the dunes, when I walk the beach and when I see those two in front of me, I feel like a privileged person. Privileged that I can listen to them, that I have the opportunity to see their interaction.
Enclosed By The Wind
When you stand on top of the dunes, you can see and feel the power of the wind. But just behind the top, in the protection of a slope in the dunes, it is wonderful to sit and rest while listening to the surf.
NORTH SEA NORTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Shattered Blue
The autumn sea
Cold winds break the blue
A deserted beach
A windy but sunny autumn afternoon on the beach of the North Sea. The waves break restlessly in a turbulent surf, due to a chilly northwest wind…
NORTH SEA NORTH OF THE TOWN OF KLITMØLLER, DENMARK
New Day
The blue sea
welcomes the dawn
of my new day
NORTH SEA NORTH OF THE TOWN OF KLITMØLLER, DENMARK
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
Eternal Song
Rabindranath Tagore [Stray Birds, 1916]:
What language is thine, O sea?
The language of eternal question.
What language is thy answer, O sky?
The language of eternal silence.
NORTH SEA NEAR AGGER, DENMARK
Shivering Sea
The shivering sea
softly sings to the sun
in the morning
A cold fall morning on the beach of the North Sea. The sea is calm and rustles softly, seems to be longing for the first rays of sunshine that will warm her...
NORTH SEA NEAR THE TOWN OF KLITMØLLER, DENMARK
Introspection (1)
The low tide
reveal what was hidden
introspection
An autumn walk on the beach of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Wadden Islands on the north coast of the Netherlands. The weather calmed down after a storm.
It's low tide, the bottom of the sea becomes visible. The fierce waves have left their marks, like every intense event in life...
BEACH OF THE ISLAND SCHIERMONNIKOOG, THE NETHERLANDS
Silenced
Errant thoughts,
silenced in the light
of the waiting sea
NORTH SEA NEAR STENBJERG, DENMARK
Haze Of Silence
A haze of
silence, longing
for the night
I made this photo late in the afternoon on a deserted beach along the North Sea.
A dense haze approached from the sea, the silence was tangible. Everything seemed to long for the quietness of the night.
NORTH SEA SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
Slow Dance
On a not too windy day, waves are very calming to me.
They play a game with the sun and the sky, the endless variety of colors continuously presents a breathtaking spectacle.
The regular irregularity with which they move in a slow dance, elevate in the surf, explode for a short moment and relax in the sand, is hypnotic. If you sit in the sun on the beach and close your eyes, their song, accompanied by the wind, can easily make you fall asleep...
NORTH SEA SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Woven Chant Of Water And Wind
An evening on the beach, at the end of autumn. It is not quiet, water and wind form a choir that sings a loud chant to welcome the winter.
NORTH SEA NORTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Breath Of Winter
With a gentle breeze,
the winter soothes
the breaking waves
I made this photo on a cold and cloudy winter morning at the beach of the North Sea.
NORTH SEA SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Golden Dunes Of Amber
Between here and there
sea and land
the blue and the green
lie the golden dunes of amber
Ever changing
fluid like the waters
solid as the earth
This poem was written by my beloved Anuscka
A cloudy autumn afternoon, every now and then the sun peeks through the clouds and makes the dunes look like sunlit amber, as you can find on these beaches.
BEACH SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Wild Is The Wind
The wild wind rages
over the sea, breaking the waves
on the drowning beach
The North Sea coast during a brisk northwesterly storm.
NORTH SEA COAST NORT OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
Sunlight Serenade
Hundreds of small islands lie off the coast of south-east Sweden.
They usually consist of no more than rocky soil with shrubs and trees, surrounded by a collar of reeds.
On this beautiful day, the sunlight plays a serenade on the reeds, accompanied by the wind.
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
Eternal Encounter
Rabindranath Tagore [Stray Birds, 1916]:
What language is thine, O sea?
The language of eternal question.
What language is thy answer, O sky?
The language of eternal silence.
NORTH SEA NEAR AGGER, DENMARK
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