Skeletons Of Once Majestic Oak Trees
Personal memory by Lorrie Gunny
2014 CE • Botany Bay Island, Edisto Island, SC, USA
They say 50 years ago there was a beach. Now, the waves crash into mere skeletons of once majestic oak trees. It is hauntingly sad and makes one think of an elephant grave yard.
Memory submitted at Maya Lin: A Study of Water, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022
Image: Don Dearing via Flickr, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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