Comforting Water

"Water is the driving force in nature" 

- Leonardo de Vinci

"Babbling Brook", 2012
Glacier National Park, MT

Water...it is a necessity to life.  We all need water to survive but have we looked deeper into that statement?  Yes, water is necessary for our bodies to survive physically but what about how important water is for the survival of our mental and emotional lives?  Water acts as a relaxant to many.  I know it is a relaxing factor in my life.  I remember as a child traveling to the beach with friends and sleeping with our windows open.  The sound of the waves crashing onto the beach provided me with a sense of peace.  Still to this day, the sound of water - may it be a beach with crashing waves, a mountain stream or a babbling brook - calms me.

In the photograph "Babbling Brook" the movement of the water is captured and the sound can almost be heard while looking at the image.  One can imagine the sound of the water flowing downstream, see the bubbles coming to the top of the water and feel the wetness of the stream.  "Babbling Brook" provides that sense of comfort without being right next to a water source.  I wanted to capture this comforting feeling of water in this photograph.