Valisa Higman

Teller and I have been loving the high tides at the studio. The deck is our little island, floating above a calm sun dappled sea. Inside I can hear the water moving between the cross bracing, the view is an expanse of water, my boat sitting, rocking outside my window. I work longer than I plan… waiting for the water to recede just enough to make it easier to pull the boat in. I row close to the shore, where tree branches dip down to the surface, yellowed rye grass dips its roots into the salty water, and spruce cones, deposited by industrious squirrels who don’t understand the tides, drift away on the currant with brown alder leaves. The high tide elevates the sense of living on the edge… between ocean and forest. It obscures the margins, the beaches and rocky cliff bands. My studio becomes the dividing line between water and earth.

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