A sunlit wooden dock lined with capped timber posts extends across calm blue water toward a yellow chair and a partially visible white chair beneath a lightly clouded sky.

A Place to Linger

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2020-07-15

About this piece

Pale wooden planks converge toward two chairs at the end of a dock, framed by weathered pilings with dark pointed caps. Red and white bands and a bright yellow seat punctuate the broad blue surroundings, while gentle ripples soften the posts’ reflections.

The story

I stopped before reaching the chairs, drawn to the way the dock gathered the scene into a single path. The posts stood in uneven pairs, their dark caps sharp against the pale sky. Beyond them, the yellow chair offered a small, cheerful interruption to all that blue. I framed the empty boards in front of me, leaving room for the slow walk out and the possibility of staying a while.

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