Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans.
What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.
5 comments:
Fabulous photograph. It is as if time has stood still in a quiet part of the world, and all is well.
I so love the winter with its snow and cold temperatures. (Well, at least when we get that instead of this dang rain.)
It's gorgeous.
Such a peaceful image. I love the quiet calm of fresh snow. I wish we'd get some here. I'm glad you shared yours.
Yet another beautiful and meaningful photo. Definitely something you could do professionally; I'd buy your work!
Makes me shiver physically from the frosty, freezing cold it exudes and esthetically from the delicate beauty. Absolutely striking.
*debbi*
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