“When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.”
- From “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, US novelist and sailor (1819 - 1891)
AVALON in October: There’s a curious phenomenon that occurs when you are sitting on a beach. Despite the enormity of it all, it’s actually very calming; that is until you begin to ponder what lies just out beyond the surf, underneath the surface. Then it all becomes quite alien, quite unknown and scary. The peaceful afternoon I took this photo, the ocean seemed rather tame: Melville's "velvet paw."
- Photo of Avalon Beach in New Jersey
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