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| Moon Jellyfish |
Last summer at about the the end of August the Moon Jellyfish
arrived in one large travelling horde, a watery swarm of milky undulation. I was immediately attracted and snapped as many pics as I could before they petered out around the seaside docks and pulsed on their way to new adventures. I instantly loved these creatures and the ballet quietness that pulses their flesh as they rise and fall, open and close, here and there.
arrived in one large travelling horde, a watery swarm of milky undulation. I was immediately attracted and snapped as many pics as I could before they petered out around the seaside docks and pulsed on their way to new adventures. I instantly loved these creatures and the ballet quietness that pulses their flesh as they rise and fall, open and close, here and there.
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| Large numbers of Moon Jellyfish |
Last week they returned in equally large numbers. Once spotted I quickly returned home to get my camera and art supplies so that I might spend some time communing and creating. I returned not 15 minutes later to find them gone. The odd one was left meandering and poking around, but the impressive group of hundreds had moved on. I studied the tidal flow and intuited the direction of the current in an attempt to locate them elsewhere, but I failed to connect……… Its been that way for me this last few weeks. Attempts to connect seem thwarted by weather, circumstance, poor planning.
This week, I played with the image and reflection of a magnificent full moon over Vancouver Island near Desolation Sound. I filmed the way the reflection moves and twists depending on what way you think it’s spinning. For example, if you think of the reflection like a vortex and tell yourself it is spinning counter clockwise then that’s what you see. Then if you think clock-wise that’s how it looks and if you think both directions at the same time then that too is what you see. Try it out!
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Inspired by the beautiful stillness of the moon coupled with its spinning reflection in the water, I decided to take 2 second long exposure photos while I moved my camera back and forth and in spinning circles. This created fun moonlight drawings that I’ve come to love.
Moon Drawings
The moon burned through the darkness like a sparkler in the night sky, creating magical lines and patterns.
With whom are you inspired to create today?