Childlike exuberance surrounded by majestic coastal beauty. The sun is sinking into the ocean ramping up its warm hues over the horizon like a golden-orange paintbrush. A group of kids, playing football, was scoring points as the waves rolled in gently and the sky faded from warm hues into dusk.
In the foreground, we see two boys engaged in an apparent contest to win back their very own ball, their silhouetted bodies locked in an athletic position evoking drama. Behind, we see other players scattered across the sandy beach and on the edge of the shoreline either paying attention to the continuing game or warming up their own ball. The entire beach is textured with footprints, the evidence of playing hard and the untold stories of boisterous laughter and sheer, and sometimes maybe even loud, energy.
The ocean fades into the far distance calm and cool, while the kids engaged in their absorbing revelry creates a contrast in motion intensity. Above, the little mass of clouds provide scale and meaning to an otherwise peaceful sky.
The image tells two stories (in tension and yet irony) and is a reminder of all peaceful seaside moments in their soulfulness but also the lingering sense of living in moments that exceed a singular lifetime.