“vrískontas ti thálassa | finding the sea,” from the poetorial Moving Over Millennia ~ #sea #thalassa #mer #highabovethesea #kea #aegean #aegeanislands #cyclades #cycladesislands #greece #greece🇬🇷 #greece_travel #bythesea #shapeoftheland #shapes #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #waysofseeing #visualpoetry #pleinairimagery #pleinmer #poetorial #thepoetorialist #oceanlover #seafarer #oceangoing #ancientmariner https://www.instagram.com/p/B2MjH4dADR8/?igshid=h0aswhrbrynv

“In the Key of M(emory)” ~ #memory #piano #whitepiano #ivories #unplayed #memories #stillness #silence #betweenthenotes #pianokeys #artifacts #memorylane #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #poetrywithoutwords #odrstudios #pleinairimagery #visualstorytelling #visualstoryteller #theironbound #makingmusic #vintagepiano #windowlight #piano🎹 #babygrand #listening https://www.instagram.com/colingoedecke/p/BuvBB56A9ij/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9ampfg3gpf6z

“The Waters of Your Life are Calling, Sparkling, Waiting” ~ #hereonearth #watersoflife #lifeintheshadows #hiddenfigures #shadowgram #shadowplay #lightandshadow #lightandshadows #poolside #swimmingpool #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #pool #loneman #shadowseeker #waysofseeing #pleinairimagery #livinginthelight #visualpoetry #castingshadows #shadowcaster #swimmingintheshadows #lifeiscalling #possibility #aliveness #illumination #wonder #mystery https://www.instagram.com/p/Byyy9fNgjhP/?igshid=11qaflbojwbe8

“Barefoot, he made his way to the wildbright morning sea...” from Now Let Us Sing of the Sea, a visual poetry series ~ #pathtothesea #palmtrees #palmtrees🌴 #jekyllisland #bythesea #nowletussingofthesea #colingoedecke #thefloatingpoet #visualpoetry #pleinmerpoetry #pathway #palms #oceanlight #morninglight #beautyiseverywhere #georgia #seaislands #goldenisles #morningsea #island #lightandshadow #offthecoast #followthesun #meditation #brightness #tintype #waysofseeing #visualstorytelling https://www.instagram.com/p/ByehVi-A4uC/?igshid=zfvanofsxe9h

“I Saw Them Holding Hands on the Terrace,” from Between the Lines, a series ~ #holdinghands #atthetable #lovers #handholding #ontheterrace #lifeintheshadows #betweenthelines #shadowgram #shadowplay #lightandshadow #lightandshadows #shorthillsnj #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #attheclub #shadowseeker #waysofseeing #pleinairimagery #lightlines #visualpoetry #castingshadows #shadowcaster #nothingisblackandwhite #acrossthetable #sweethearts #hardshadows #sittingintheshade #useyourimagination https://www.instagram.com/p/ByWjfrugHWC/?igshid=1nyb3mm0xoev4

“The Art of the Pond, No. 14” ~ #natureasart #pond #pondscape #waterscape #abstractnature #beautyiseverywhere #artofnature #natureasartist #visualpoetry #visualpoet #thefloatingpoet #poetography #whatdoyousee #painterly #loantakabrookreservation #kitchellpond #flotsam #colingoedecke #berries #paintingwithnature #stilllife #patternsofnature #patterns #animist #countrylife #woodland #aliveness #thefloatingpoet #waterborne #floatingworld #onthesurface #naturalabstract https://www.instagram.com/colingoedecke/p/Bwzf2AvgMxV/?igshid=1tqifwlpzmb9c

“The Mountain Hiker,” from Here on Earth, a series ~ #hiker #mountainhikers #rockhiking #hiking #parkcity #parkcityutah #parkcitymountain #utah #shadowgram #shadowplay #lightandshadows #lightandshadow #hikingshoes #hereonearth #rocky #lookdown #onewiththeearth #earthman #colingoedecke #thefloatingpoet #rockformations #rocks #wayoutwest #rockymountainhigh #rockwalking #outhiking #rocktrail https://www.instagram.com/colingoedecke/p/Bvg7xKIg2oq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15aitwtqfat08

“Autumnizing” ~ #landscape #woodland #autumncolors #loantakabrookreservation #conventstation #naturalworld #naturepreserve #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #fallcolors #fallcolors🍁🍂 #waysofseeing #poetography #autumn #pleinairimagery #treetrunk #fallentree #lifeincolor #fullcolor #beautyiseverywhere #visualpoem #natureasart #automne #automne🍂 #aliveness #celebratenature #connectwithnature #enchantedwoodland https://www.instagram.com/p/BqWLaMrAI5A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=178hyapa99lrd

“Mood Marron” ~ from the series The Secret Life of Statues #tribal #africanwoman #statue #unknownwoman #tintype #portraitofawoman #lightandshadows #thefloatingpoet #metropolitanmuseumofart #themet #secretlifeofstatues #pleinairimagery #visualpoetry #visualstoryteller #colingoedecke #lifelike #waysofseeing #headdress #chiaroscuro #beautyiseverywhere #mysterywoman #visualpoet #contemplation #brownstudy #fromanothertime #reverie #lightandshadow https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEPnTigu88/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=npyabxmbp868

“Swept Away,” from the series The Nature of Lovers ~ #lovers #foundart #sweptaway #passionate #beachcombing #thefloatingpoet #sagharbor #beachstones #colingoedecke #pleinairimagery #natureasart #beautyiseverywhere #lovebythesea #stonelovers #noyacbay #love #visualstoryteller #visualstorytelling #bodies #freeflow #waysofseeing #foundsculpture #passion #thelovers #twolovers #whatdoyousee #aliveness #animist #couple https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKadHgA0HD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ryx6b07vz5d

“Once the Leaves Have Fallen...” ~ #treescape #opticalallusion #fallingleaves #reflecting #mirroring #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #floatingworld #wintercolors #pleinairimagery #loantakabrookreservation #waysofseeing #reflectologist #reflectionsinwater #whatdoyousee #natureasart #waterart #beautyiseverywhere #treetrunks #treebranches #dreamlike #visualpoem #visualpoetry #visualpoet #godeeper #floatingleaves #floatingtrees #meditative https://www.instagram.com/p/Br4Up8MgJZY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lnf3z16v1ggz

“There Will Be Foam,” from the series In Living Color ~ #foam #surge #reddoor #redlover #industrialart #foundart #piping #redpipe #fireextinguisher #wherearewe #williamsburg #williamsburgbrooklyn #grandstreetbrooklyn #pleinairimagery #visualstorytelling #visualstoryteller #beautyiseverywhere #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #waysofseeing #pumpingstation #redsign #graphic #inlivingcolor #colorful #lifeincolor #signsoflife https://www.instagram.com/p/BrEifFqAS0x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tou0lftlyle9

“Sinking into Sunset,” from the visual poetry series One Man’s Maine Course” ~ #landscape #autumncolors #nobleboro #mainecoast #naturalmaine #damariscottalake #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #downeast #waysofseeing #midcoastmaine #maineliving #sunset #autumnsunset #pleinairimagery #maine #glassorb #openwindow #lifeincolor #roomwithaview #abovethelake #waysofseeing #lifeincolor #mainetheway #throughtheglass #holdingthelight https://www.instagram.com/p/BpenAIXgcFs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wnjyjhxzmidm

“True Beauty Never Fades,” from the visual poetry series Chapeaux-to-Go ... #ladiesinhats #vintagehats #mannequin #mannekin #hatted #bygoneera #lightandshadows #thefloatingpoet #flaneur #lafemme #alamode #pleinairimagery #visualpoetry #visualstoryteller #colingoedecke #faded #strawhat #jenesaisquoi #tintype #portraitofalady #summerstrawhat #chapeau #chiaroscuro #beautyiseverywhere #visualpoet #hatlover #lips https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXIwwtFt9z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13d4ke1hjdzx5

“The Troubadour,” a figure (from) Behind the Curtain, an experiential traveling show of ‘theatre-on-paper,’ shadow plays of imagery paired with written & live-spoken poetry ~ #behindthecurtain #theatreonpaper #troubadour #visualpoetry #visualstorytelling #imagination #thefloatingpoet #colingoedecke #wanderingminstrel #mystery #shadowplay #lightandshadow #chiaroscuro #pleinairimagery #hiddenfigures #minstrel #backintime #pantaloons #serenade #tarot #costumed #thepoet #pleinairpoet #visualstoryteller #poetrywithoutwords #enchanted #storybook #lightbeing #luminous #hiddenfigures

“Let Your Nature Take Its Course,” from Between the Woods & the Water, a visual poetry series ~ #followyournature #findyourway #footbridge #woodland #enchantedforest #crossing #blueshoes #thefloatingpoet #noyac #walkingthroughthewoods #beautyiseverywhere #quietude #solitude #solitudeisbliss #communingwithnature #naturalstate #colingoedecke #pleinairimagery #sagharbor #fallenleaves #visualpoetry #easeofway #woodplanks #waterunderthebridge #standstill #pause #breathe #feeltheearth #countryliving