Neptune

This sculpture is hanging on the wall outside the Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. It was not a nice day at the beach, which isn’t unusual.  With a little manipulation from Snapseed, I was able to capture light and make this photo brighter and more bold.

To me, the sculpture shows the power and massiveness of the ocean; calm floating waves in the background and enormous waves coming from nowhere in a beautiful swirling of sea blue.  I’ve always had a fear of the ocean, being okay with looking at it from afar…but very wary of getting any part of my body in it.  I know its power.  I know my vulnerability.  Together, they form an equation that mimics tragedy.

I say let’s not.

There is something beautiful about watching waves and listening to the roar and crashing as I drift off to sleep.  The ocean, so meditative in one respect and powerful in another.  Sometimes, I wish I could ask old Poseidon what he’s so angry about.