A walk along the seashore is full of simple scenes, but when it comes to simplicity, frame of reference is everything, even on the beach. To illustrate, I picked a few photos with content that may challenge the notion of simplicity but feel simple to me.
Wet pebbles and cobbles belong in any beach-oriented simplicity collection. In the left-hand panel above, a stray strand of withered surfgrass distracts a little. On the right, a simple still life is so complicated.
Above, a California mussel shell is captivating, but the clean fine sand makes this scene for me. (The strands adhering to the shell’s surface are called byssus—threads mussels produce to attach to rocks and each other.)
The scene on the left features fundamental beach elements with such simplicity it had to be included. On the right, do you know your beach tracks?
It’s as simple as waiting at the bus stop.
Note: The header image and the first two photos were taken on June 20; the others are from July 6, 2023.