Black-and-white view of two waterfront chairs and a small table, with a paddler and distant sailboat on calm water.

Room For The Horizon

MG-0705

2018-07-15

About this piece

Two white Adirondack chairs flank a small table on a paved waterfront terrace, facing calm water beneath scattered clouds. Strong sunlight casts striped shadows through the chair slats, while dense foliage frames the left edge. In black and white, the distant paddler and sailboat lend scale to the broad, quiet expanse.

The story

July light rests on the empty chairs and draws their slatted shadows across the terrace. Between them, the little table holds nothing but sunlight. A lone paddler occupies the open water, where faint ripples interrupt the sky’s reflection. Farther away, a sailboat’s slender mast marks the horizon. The seats remain open, offering a place to let the day pass without counting it.

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