Sunday, December 30, 2007

THE CALL OF THE SEA



Wanderings in Ocean Shores, Washington, clockwise from upper left:
*Amazing Grace beach house (46° 56.884N, 124° 08.211W)
*Dead seagull (46° 56.744N, 124° 08.493W)
*Broken float 41056 (46° 56.798N, 124° 08.409W)
*Well-weathered whale bone (46° 56.739N, 124° 08.503W)

The legend of the Traveler appears in every civilization,
perpetually assuming new forms, afflictions, powers,
and symbols. Through every age he walks in utter solitude
toward penance and redemption.

—pages 61-62,
Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel by Evan S. Connell

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