By Vladimir Brezina
From the molten dyes of the water
Bring the burnished nature of fire
… Rain flakes of gold on the water
—Ezra Pound, The Alchemist
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Half-Light.
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.Recent Comments
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Wow! Those photos are stunning. I like the first one in particular.
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Thanks so much!!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Colline!!
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Gorgeous ~ thank you!
Happy Holiday ~
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And a very happy holiday to you! :-)
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What glorious light, Vlad! A happy Easter to you.
janet
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Happy Easter, Janet!!
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I love water, esp this.
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Water into fire…
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Wonderful! One thinks of Turner’s paintings…
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:-) Although Turner would have been a bit more subtle about it…
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A perfect quote to go with those gorgeous images!
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It was going to be Pound or Yeats, another alchemist…
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Beautiful.
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Thanks, Rupali!!
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Vladimir, these divine images make me long for a ride on the Circle Line taking in the golden hue of half light on New York Harbor.
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It’s well worth it! Although most days the ride is going to be more prosaic—we’ve only ever seen this kind of thing once or twice…
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Wow! Almost let this slip by — an Ez poem too, unfamiliar to boot. Fabulous golden seascapes, third’s my favorite, seeing Mont Saint-Michel in silhouette. How far did you paddle?
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These photos are actually repurposed from a 2012 paddle, from Manhattan to Coney Island and back, so about 20 miles or so. The full set of photos is here.
It’s hard to believe that there’s a poem you don’t know, Michael! :-)
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It’s in Personae, so I must have read it long ago, but it doesn’t resonate. Last March Johna quoted Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, sorry for not expressing gratitude, loved rereading it, came back immediately, bridging 45 years or so in a wink, felt as fresh as spring despite the ice.
Did I make a pact with Walt last century? Must contemplate this later today in Stockport Flats where nature is way ahead of schedule, wildlife very active. No ice this year, but not much water either. Levels are extremely low, beaching a constant low tide threat in the flats & marshes.
Thanks for the many delights.
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Walt was a very urban poet, and much of his Brooklyn and Manhattan is still here… You’ll have to come down sometime and visit!
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