"once I thought only tears could set us free / salt wearing down to the bone ... "

... like sand against the stone against the sea

Various visuals:

The City Limits, another of those nighttime urban time-lapse videos I like linking to so much. This one uses Toronto, Chicago, and other northern North American cities -- to excellent effect. (via)

An island countryside equivalent: Clouds and Stars Over the Canary Islands. I love how the clouds ebb and flow like water, like waves. Also, the weird plants. Beautiful. (via)

Found on Flickr: sakura in a Nara temple -- ephemeral amid the old.

Useful (or at least honest) charts. I'm especially fond of How Well You Understand This Chart Over Time, but there's a number of good ones. (via)

Pendulum waves.

---L.