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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.

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