Yesterday I sat by Richardson Bay to experience and absorb in the movement of the tide, and then I went to The de Young Museum in San Francisco.

The exhibit at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is “a triennial art exhibition celebrating the voices and visions of Bay Area artists whose contributions enrich our cultural landscape.“

“These artists live locally but are thinking globally, about both the world of art and the world at large.“

“Honoring the Museums’ goal of creating an inclusive environment equally accessible to a diverse range of people, every Bay Area resident, eighteen years of age or older, is welcome to apply to The de Young Open, and this year 7,766 talented artists each submitted an artwork. These artworks were reviewed by twelve jurors-eight Fine Arts Museums curators along with the distinguished Bay Area artists Clare Rojas, Sunny Smith, Stephanie Syjuco, and Xiaoze Xie. The jurors’ decisions were based solely on digitally submitted images of the artworks and made without any knowledge of the artists’ identities.”

“The 883 artworks in this exhibition are installed nearly edge to edge, ensuring the greatest possible representation. The galleries include thematic groupings of art inspired by historical and contemporary political and social issues, the urban environment, the human figure, nature, abstraction, and surreal imagery.”

I offer images to stimulate body and mind, inside and out. I’m not giving the titles chosen by the artists, just allowing you to open and see what comes. The following images begin and end with the natural landscape, a moving, evolving form of art.