Empty beaches are fascinating places, especially in spring before local residents have had a chance to clean up the driftwood, seaweed, and seashells washed ashore by winter tides. They are great places to carry a camera and look for the patterns and shapes of nature. Many people tend to focus on crashing surf, fishermen, and lonely individuals walking their dogs at the edge of the surf. While they do set a mood or a tone, we tend to look down most of the time to see what’s right in front of our toes.
Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, designed the Sydney Opera House based on the shape of a simple sea shell. Yet it is one of the most recognizable architectural structures in the world and is in fact, one of the architectural wonders of the world, too. I’m not sure where his design originated, but I think God beat him with this prototype on the beach in Milford, Connecticut.
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