A Place For Stillness

About this piece

Two white Adirondack chairs stand beside a small table on a paved terrace at the water’s edge, facing a turquoise sea and a distant sailboat. Strong sunlight warms the pale furniture and casts angular shadows across the paving, while dark foliage frames the left side. The low horizon and expansive, cloud-streaked sky give this unoccupied setting a sense of generous quiet.

The story

On this last day of August, sunlight settles across the empty chairs and the sand scattered over the paving. Their broad backs face the water, holding two places before the open horizon. A small sailboat rests in the distance, its slender mast barely interrupting the blue. Between the shaded leaves and the bright terrace, the sea gathers into fine, wavering lines.