Civil Melancholy

wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
edited February 22, 2012 in Landscapes
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2012
    Not much sadder than a lonely winter beach.
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  • CrokeyCrokey Registered Users Posts: 195 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2012
    Oh god, that is depressing! Have you tried this in black and white...might even look gloomier that way, although it would be hard :D
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  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2012
    Those are comments.

    Actually, a summer beach in San Diego. I've always liked the beach during civil melancholy, it's a good time to reflect and get one's chi flowing.
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2012
    wfeller wrote: »
    Those are comments.

    Actually, a summer beach in San Diego. I've always liked the beach during civil melancholy, it's a good time to reflect and get one's chi flowing.

    Really? Surprised. So, what is "civil melancholy"?

    I thought it was winter because the sky looked grey and cold.
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  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2012
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Really? Surprised. So, what is "civil melancholy"?

    I thought it was winter because the sky looked grey and cold.

    I understand the winter part, maybe it was the sad?

    I'd define civil melancholy as when the general population is shifting gears--Doing things to do things in order to do things. I suppose that is sad. I've always liked the soft equilibrium between night and day. It's a quiet, neutral, time to sort things out and be in nature.
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  • CrokeyCrokey Registered Users Posts: 195 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2012
    Oh! I hope I didn't offend you, it just reminded me of the seaside in Ireland during the winter months when they are deserted and all the amenities are shut down.
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  • Rob DouglasRob Douglas Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited February 20, 2012
    wfeller wrote: »
    Those are comments.

    Actually, a summer beach in San Diego. I've always liked the beach during civil melancholy, it's a good time to reflect and get one's chi flowing.

    OMG that had my cracking up! That being said, it is a bit of a desolate shot having a lonely feel but a beautiful capture non the less. I love the POV.
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2012
    wfeller wrote: »
    I understand the winter part, maybe it was the sad?

    I'd define civil melancholy as when the general population is shifting gears--Doing things to do things in order to do things. I suppose that is sad. I've always liked the soft equilibrium between night and day. It's a quiet, neutral, time to sort things out and be in nature.

    Hi. I think 'sad' in the sense that a normally busy, happy place is utterly alone - no sound of children's laughter. No splashing in the water. It's not a bad thing, it just struck me as sad.

    I love the quiet times personally. I'm often out and about well before dawn to enjoy the peace and quiet before the hubbub of the day begins myself.
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  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2012
    I was usually one of the fishing crowd. I guess I just got used to the ambience of the nights and early mornings.

    My son tells me he proposed to his wife near the pier, to the right. I didn't know that.
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