The Sea Beach 2015

Robert Adams made this photograph, The Sea Beach, sometime in the last century. Look at how he's captured the horizon line, almost smack-dab in the middle. It’s like he’s saying, "Hey, I see you, world, and I'm not going to play coy." What grabs me is the texture; the way the sand looks both smooth and grainy. And that band of waves? It's not just water, it’s a whole mood. See those tiny birds sprinkled along the shore? They're like little notes in a song about the vastness of everything. It's like he wants us to consider how we see, what we notice, and maybe even why we bother looking in the first place. This picture reminds me of some of those stark, quiet landscapes by Agnes Martin. Both artists, in their own ways, get you to slow down and really see. You know, appreciate the subtle poetry in the everyday. Art is all about that conversation, right?