Daily, In A Nimble Sea silas-finch december 1998

december 1998

the poet created a unique visual record of his friends and companions covering a period of almost forty years

an association that comes naturally for a creature that exists so comfortably between earth and the heavens

Photography became not only a device to record and teach

140 four color plates

Daily, In A Nimble Sea silas-finch december 1998DAILY, IN A NIMBLE SEA is an anagram of BAILEY ISLAND, MAINE, where a tiny stretch of coastline is incessantly transformed by the interactions of fog, sun, and tides. When the tide goes out, a rocky field of seaweed is revealed. To walk across it is to traverse the ocean floor in the open air. It is a magical place, and for seven summers the artist has watched his children grow and change against this backdrop. Photographs put up a feeble defense