Touch Assignment

"In The Sand"

1600 x 1200 Pixels

Photography

“Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. We walk through it, yell into it, rake leaves, wash the dog, and drive cars in it. We breathe it deep within us. With every breath, we inhale millions of molecules of sky, heat them briefly, and then exhale them back into the world.”

 ― Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

This quote really inspired me to take this picture. Right as it said "look at your feet. You are standing in the sky." But then she explains that it begins on earth. Right away I pictured standing in the sand at the beach. I believe that the picture represents the quote very well too. The texture that can be seen in the sand as the sunlight reflects off the water really embraces the senses. 

"Ocean At Sunset'

1600 x 1200 Pixels

Photography

“Don't think of night as the absence of day; think of it as a kind of freedom."

― Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

I drew inspiration from this quote for a number of reasons. Reason number one being that there is an absence of day. The viewer can see that the sun is slowly disappearing and the landscape is turning to night. Another reason is the water. When she said "freedom", I was drawn to the water because the ocean is so open and freeing. Whenever I do go swim in the ocean I feel so relaxed and at peace. I also believed that the water really appealed to the senses and the viewer can almost feel the water and smell the image, the salt water in the air.