Keeping One Eye Open

Patterns around a rock on a sandy beach resemble a Cyclops from Greek mythology at Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park in Washington on August 7, 2013. Original: _MG_3411.CR2

Thousands of years ago a visiting Cyclops commemorated their love of the Pacific Northwest by crafting a self-portrait, the only known example still in existence today. I had the pleasure of photographing it in 2013 and was surprised by how delicate and fragile it was given the powerful force that created it, suggesting Homer’s portrayal of the Cyclopes as ignorant brutes in The Odyssey was little more than slander.

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