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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
Excerpt from a letter written in 1799 by William Blake to the Reverend John Trusler.
PHOTOGRAPHS from
"DRIFTWOOD LADY OF JEKYLL ISLAND"
Here are all the images used in the photographic film
Introduction:
The tree (II-III-VI-VIII...) becomes her guide, helping her, as she discovers and questions, to understand the world around her and unravel the mysteries of life.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII " Art is the Tree of Life. " William Blake
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI "Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air, hungry clouds swag on the deep." (William Blake)
XXVII
XXVIII "When her sight wants to penetrate too far into darkness, it happens that in imagining she goes astray." (Dante)
XXIX
XXX
XXXI "Nothing is born and nothing perishes, but things that already exist combine and then separate again." (Anaxagore)
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV Beauty and The Beast
XXXVI
XXXVII
XXXVIII
XXXIX
XL
XLI "No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." William Blake
XLII
XLIII
XLIV "This world is in my head, my body is in this world." (Paul Auster)
"To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
* Photo XIV was taken in Georgia, but not on Jekyll Island.
© 2023 photos by Manew Blew
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