27/07/2026
Facing Currents
Some photographs find their soundtrack long after they are taken.
For this small series, my mind kept returning to 'Facing Currents' by the brilliant Mechelen band 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍 . Not because of the music at first, but because of the album cover. A mysterious building standing at the edge of a rugged coastline. A place that feels both inviting and unreachable. (Swipe to the last slide if you're curious.)
If I had made that image myself, I'd probably still be smiling today. The image perfectly captures the mood and atmosphere I strive for in my poetic work.
But it wasn't the cover that stayed with me. It was the story behind the song and album. Capitan describes Facing Currents as an exploration of discovering who you really are in prolonged solitude, and trying not to lose that person once you reconnect with the world.
That idea lingered while I walked along the beach.
The sea has a way of stripping things down. There are no expectations here. No noise asking you to become someone else. Just wind, water, sand ... and enough silence to hear your own thoughts again.
The footprints disappear.
The tide redraws the beach.
Even a shadow lasts only as long as the light allows.
Maybe that's why the coast has always felt like a place of return rather than escape. Not somewhere to run away from life, but somewhere to meet yourself again before walking back into it.
Sometimes that's all we need.
