Monday, October 18, 2004

Floating underwater from above

Sometimes driving down the highway at the end of Saturday feels like snorkeling into a reef of sky. There is plenty of water, just vaporized. Forming corals of cloud.


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There are large jellies that float and shine with preternatural halos. Bioluminescence...?


No. Simply luminosity.

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You might come across strange reef structures, iterated and colorful. Corals are colonial creatures and build little modular cubicles of individuality<>communality. This particular coral looks a lot like the old Heart of Durham hotel, abandoned for years and now in being demolished...


With a wall torn away, the antics of the inside walls can be seen in full spectrum. It is like a ripe piece of fruit sliced in half. psychedelic pomerganate. seeds piling out. Look more closely and some anemones and morays can be seen among the old doorways (They can be a bit cryptic).


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But time to surface. time to get a dose of breath.

1 Comments:

Blogger andrew s.yang said...

Irma - -

Thanks so much!
Snorkeling can reveal a lot...
but really what I need to learn is SCUBA.

10:48 PM  

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