A shallow stream flows over rocks through dense green garden foliage, with a small stone lantern beside the water and a large tree on the right.

Where Green Gathers

MG-0117

2020-07-20

About this piece

Silken water threads between weathered rocks beneath a dense canopy of leaves and branches. A small stone lantern anchors the middle distance, its geometric form contrasting with the layered foliage and irregular course of the stream.

The story

I followed the water with my eye until the small stone lantern emerged from the green. It seemed almost hidden by the garden, another quiet shape among the rocks and ferns. I framed the stream as it widened toward me, keeping the dark tree trunk at the edge. What held my attention was the contrast: each leaf sharply present, while the water softened the spaces between stones into something continuous.

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