This was made by digitally manipulating a seaside vacation photograph of a jellyfish that was stranded on the beach. Paying attention and seeking beauty in the often-overlooked or dismissed is a walking meditation practice for me.

“Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.”

—Charlie Chaplin

“I come to the sea to listen to ancient rhythms and the primordial voice. I come because it is exquisite medicine. I come because in another life I was a mermaid or a Selkie, diving beneath the dark surface of the cold water to find new worlds waiting.” Christine Valtner Paintner