Once you've had your initial insights, go deeper.
Which aspects of this wave scene did you react to? Noticing where your attention was drawn can tell you a lot about yourself.
Did you look only at the wave?
If so, what qualities drew your attention? The vibrant colour? The sweeping gesture? The feeling of roundness? The proximity to the steep cliff? The fleetingness or brevity of the action?
Or did you take in the whole picture and react to the shapes, tones, and textures of the rocky shoreline, or to the delicate wisps of light created by the mists in the sunset?
Is your life rocky like the cliffs or in rhythm like the waves?
Are your successes fleeting like the cresting wave or more regular like the ebb and flow of the tides?
There are many dark corners to the left. Are you in touch with your dark side? Are you stuck in the shadows or bathing in the limelight?
Like the wave, do you need to be the center of attention to find your place?
What if the mists in the distance represented your future? What waits in store, just out of site? Something to anticipate, or something to dread? Is the far shore a future goal or does it represent a block to future achievement?
There are three points of land shown or suggested in this photograph. Do they represent three points in your life? If so, what are they?
What do you think causes that wave to cascade so high? Is there an unseen vitality in your life that takes shape as it surfaces?
There is an interesting historical component to this picture. These cliffs on the Na Pali coast of Kauai were once home to a temple called Kaulu Heiau where the Hawaiian hula dance originated. In the beginning, the Hawaiian's tell us, the god Laka came down to earth and taught men the hula as a form of worship during religious ceremonies. Later the dance was given to the women, who had to demonstrate their devotion to Laka by jumping from the temple heights into these swollen waters, and swimming to the safety of Kee Beach below. Does this historical account change the way you interpret the photograph, and in turn does it reflect anything different about your inner landscape?
Allow this image to splash around in your subconscious, perhaps washing up some new ponderings or insights from deep within.
