Photograph 008 · Original ArchiveRiver Wey, Guildford · 24 December 2025

Between one bank and the other

The river does not decide for you. It passes.

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View of the River Wey in Guildford at sunset, with an iron bridge, a central lamp post, bare trees, golden reflections on the water and paving stones in shadow.
River Wey, Guildford — 24 December 2025 · Photograph © Andrea Morel · Personal archive
Interpretation

Some places ask nothing of us, and that is precisely why they manage to hold us. A low light, a bridge, a river passing without explanation. Sometimes it is enough to stop there, between one bank and the other, to understand that not everything that changes makes a sound.

The river does not decide for you. It passes.

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The river does not decide for you.

It passes.

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