VISUALIZATION can help sensitize us to our natural surroundings.
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PHOTO BY BILL FA VIP
The Art Of Visualization
BY BILL FAVKR
The late photographer, Ansel Adams, famed for
his landscapes and scenes of the West, wrote about the
process of visualization. He saw it
as the ability to perceive or "visu
alize" what a photograph would
look like before the picture was
S taken.
The process develops the dis
ciplines of planning, of observing,
and of becoming aware of what is
around you. It slows the photogra
pher down-makes him take his
time.
Ansel Adams was not the only
one to write about the idea. Most of Rachel Carson's
writing was about the "sense of wonder"-thc gift to
"see," to be fully aware of surroundings.
Both of these writers remind us of the importance
of awareness-of sensitizing ourselves to respond to
our environment by careful observation and apprecia
tion. Once we develop the ability, we may use it to
photograph wildlife and scenery, to study nature, or
simply to enjoy more fully what is around us!
What better time to begin sensitizing ourselves
than on a beautiful spring day. We have blossoms and
color all around us in our yards and along the road
sides. Rich green pines and budding hardwoods are ac
cented with Carolina yellow jessamin and wisteria.
Redbuds, pears, dogwoods and other (lowering trees
add more color and wild azaleas bloom low in the
woods to stand out among the shrubs.
Singing birds seem to welcome the rebirth of
spring and they help sensitize us to the sounds around
us. Mockingbirds, towhees, catbirds, robins, cardinals,
and hosts of warblers give us song. Spring frogs "sing"
at night and let us know they arc out there sharing this
space on our planet with us.
Visualization can mean much more than viewing
a possible picture. Through the process we can be
come more in tunc with our natural environment and
more aware of our own senses and needs. Have fun
trying to visualize and enjoy being on the beach or in
the woods or in your own spring yard this time of year.
Domestic Dispute Carried To School
A Supply ;r.an has beer, charged
following a domestic dispute that
apparently carried over onto the
Union Primary School campus south
of Shalloue last week.
Calvin Bruce White, 36, of Route
3, faces charges of assault and com
municating threats April 16 in
Brunswick County District Court.
Warrants were filed by his es
tranged wife, Debra White, follow
ing an incident at the school last
Monday, March 30.
According to the warrants on Hie
at the Brunswick County Clerk of
Court's office. White is accused of
going onto the school grounds with
a crow bar in a threatening manner,
with threatening to kill his wife and
with chasing her into a school build
ing.
Ms. White had driven her children
r
to school when ihc incident occurred.
School officials hid ihcm inside the
building and called the Brunswick
County Sheriff's Department.
Union Assistant Principal Tom
Simmons was monitoring buses in
the school parking lot when he got a
message to report to the office.
"By the time I got there the man
was gone," said Simmons.
He said the school children were
not endangered or threatened in any
way.
"I doubt there are 15 kids in the
school who even know anything
happened," said Simmons.
Chief Deputy John Marlow said
White called him following the inci
dent and agreed to report to the sher
iffs department.
"1 felt comfortable about him be
cause he called to say he'd made a
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mistake," raid Marlow, "and he
came in when I told him to."
White was released under S5(K)
bond.
The release order signed by
Magistrate Phil Yount states that
White would be arrested it lound in
violation ot orders noi to assault, in
timidate or threaten Debra While in
any manner.
Long wood Man Struck By Car
A Longwood man was seriously
injured after being struck by a car on
N.C. 904 about one mile west of Pea
Landing Road (S.R I WW) last
Thursday, April 2.
Herbert Lmwood Gore, 4'), was
crossing the road around 8:15 p.m.
when he was struck by a 1987 Buick
driven by Anthony Dewayne
Phipps, 30, of Shallotte. State
Trooper J.V. Dove reported.
Gore received serious leg injuries
and was taken to The Brunswick
Hospital in Supply. He was later
transferred to New Hanover Reg
ional Medical Center in Wilm
ington.
No charges were filed in the acci
dent, Dove reported. The vehicle
was not damaged.
Couple Injured
A Shallotte couple were injured
when their car collided with a deliv
ery van last Tuesday, March 31, on
N.C. 179 about .1 mile south of
Shallotlc.
Tafl Mcllbrd Wilmelh, X3, was
charged with an unsafe movement
violation alter he made a left turn
onto Village Road (S R. 1145) and
into the path of a United Parcel
Service van driven by Samuel Grady
Jr., 3X, of Castle Hayne, reported
State Trooper B.L. Wilkes.
Wilmcth received minor injuries
in the p.m. accident. His wife, Ms.
Charlie Wilmelh. S3, received class
B injuries, w hich are serious but not
incapacitating.
They were transported to The
Brunswick Hospital.
Following impact, the Wilmelh
vehicle remained in the roadway
while the delivery van traveled off
the right shoulder. Damage was list
ed at SI .500 to each vehicle.
Strikes Tree
Damage was estimated at S5,(XX)
but the driver escaped injuries in an
accident Sunday on Ash-Litde River
Road (S.R. 13(X)) about 9.8 miles
west of Shalloltc.
Jennifer A. Kuss, 25, of Little
River, S.C., was traveling north
when her 1990 Volkswagen ran oil
the road in a curve, struck a tree anil
utility pole guide wire. Wilkes re
portal.
Ms. Kuss was charged with ex
ceeding a safe speed following the
12:30 p.m accident, Wilkes report
ed.
Damage was listed at S250 to the
utility pole owned by Brunswick
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