January 10, 2016 — Marin County coast, California
Many years ago — longer ago by far than when this picture was shot — someone close to me was enthralled by music that was extremely minimalist, consisting almost entirely of texture and tone. Very little form, rhythm, or melody. Only texture and tone. Although I can’t really say I liked it, I had an appreciation for what he was hearing because he and I are cut from similar pieces of spiritual cloth. But what he was hearing, I was seeing.
We’ve both moved on from texture and tone alone, but it still lives deep within us.
(Nikon D750; Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Zoom. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.2. Final editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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Love the photo…as you know…what was the music?
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Thank you. Sonic Youth.
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I saw tone followed by alone and thought atone, which is actually a combination of at and one. You seem to be at one with your minimalism.
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Simply put, I am.
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alone…a combination of all one.
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I’d thought of mentioning that, too. Few native English speakers recognize that combination it, in large part because the pronunciation of one got changed centuries ago with the addition of a w sound at the beginning. In the opposite direction, the dropping of the first sound in alone led to the now-independent word lone.
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Fascinating.
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…and bliss! 🙂
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🙏😊
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…the colour palette is gentle and I agree with Marina bliss 🤍💖
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so beautiful, Michael!
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I like the glow here, it seems to move forward. Beautiful.
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Thank you very much. That’s gratifying. It seems to me that there is so much in so little.
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I find this much brighter, in all interpretations of brightness, than many of the recent images. Upbeat. Positive. Possibly even the ‘s’ word.
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Thank you. Yes. That was a very conscious decision.
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Peaceful and subtle, a fine thing to share in these strange times.
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Thank you very much. I thought it a good idea to lighten things up a bit.
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Hope…awakening hope.
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Yes. Thank you.
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Simply perfect.
Excellent minimalist work!
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A high compliment. Thank you very much.
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