the one and the many.. watercolor 40" x 50" Detritus

piles of egg sacks, black and leathery, pockets

golden sprays of sea weed, algae, reddish brown

the shells and stones thrown up twisted with line and sea grass

as the tide rushes wave upon wave on to the beach

Silent offerings

Sacrifice in the balance of tides and winds

A gypsy sea cast message

lay drying in a line drawn by an unseen hand

abandoned as the tide withdraws to darkened depths

and reaches down to lift again the broken shells and weathered stones

woven in the mass of weed and curious pods

the alchemy of life below

a spell cast,

the meaning lost

who is left to tell the secrets of the sea?