king tide
this
bright
morning
on the blue
playground
the only
shadows
where trees
edge the tide,
in the brief
troughs of waves,
where the hull
and sail lean
and under
the swimmer’s
arm
morning, 2 february 2014
Te Naupata (Musick Point)
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The music is from ‘Au bord d’une source’ (Beside a Spring) from ‘Années de pèlerinage. Première année: Suisse, S. 160’ by Franz Liszt, interpreted here by André Laplante
Ruru ki Te Ruru 
‘under the swimmer’s arm’ is a nice image of solitary immersion
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Hi Dean, was the feeling I’d hoped for, seeing that solitary arm and its shadow on the tide. I keep thinking of a David Hockney painting, but don’t know which one..
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Hockney does water so well, so simply; I’m thinking of a half dozen examples it might be
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Yes, I have an impression of something, but not a particular work.
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