#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream
Adirondacks
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
It was dark when we woke and Frank left on business and I waited for the sun to rise and went out onto the wide expanse of sand and saw the driftwood on the canvas of beach. I passed the enchanted chairs, except there were only two of them today, facing the Gulf in their wooden windswept way. I walked into the sun rising in a warm breeze and there were not many of us yet. Into the new day it was three miles before I thought of turning around, heading home. Then, a funny seaweed person in the sand caught my eye. I took his picture and realized it’s not a him, it’s a her, it’s a me in my stetson, walking this sweet beach in my seaswept skin, whisping along the sand. Later, searching for seaweedy poems, I found a wonderful place: The Public Domain Review, and there I found some seaweed images from the Victorian era, like the one of a house below, framed in a doily, and it made me happy to see this silly playfulness after having found my own intact and wholly made by the sea and some surf. What a lovely day I had, meeting with writers in the morning and evening online, including the monologue writers tonight who have so many voices that want to be heard. I thought about my new “found” poem, the one I made from my mother’s letter and shared in my poetry workshop last night, exploring what this project means, what I might do with it, whether I should do it, what right have I to do it? And on the beach I found some answers to my questions, and the answers say, this is who I am and what I do.
Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.
From an Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848) Made by Eliza A. Jordson, https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/album-of-seaweed-pictures-1848
