Transient Reflections in Motion

2024 December #010. Paper birds float above the shoreline, hinting at the fleeting moments of life, unbound by the pull of the ephemeral world below. The contrast brings a sense of duality—between the permanent and impermanent, the grounded and the airborne. Sand yields to the whim of wind and water, yet offers a canvas of constance for the footprints soon to be washed away. Human figures, small against the vastness of nature, navigate the fluid interplay of elements, seeking paths in the flux. Their journey pulses with a nuanced choreography, harmonious with the rhythm of the waves. The horizon promises infinity but remains just out of reach, a line that exists only when seen from a distance. This boundary where sky meets sea, a perpetual convergence that can never truly be touched, mirrors the heart of existence where beginnings and ends blur into one. How many steps before the touch of water erases all trace? Does the sea remember every soul that has wandered its shores? There is beauty in the transient, a shared understanding that in motion, we reflect upon ourselves—a dance between the temporal and the eternal, always in motion, yet paradoxically still.