Moving and unmoving

At this time of year, Woods Creek is usually in an in-between state: not quite frozen, but not running completely freely. A few weeks before I took this photo, when Lexington and much of the country was experiencing the "bomb cyclone" cold front, Woods Creek looked far more icy and frozen thick than in the above photo, taken last Thursday. Still, parts of the creek were visibly moving. Even though the ice now appears to be just a thin film in places, I still think that the patchwork of moving and unmoving water along the creek is beautiful. The creek isn't running in full, and yet the steady movement of water creates unceasing, peaceful background noise. I wonder how much more amplified that sound of movement would be if not for the ice. While I've previously enjoyed the trail during the spring and summer, my lack of intense observation at the time means that I can't remember a starkly different sound, even though I'm sure the noises were distinct. I'm still wondering if the sheer fact that characteristics of this place differ season to season has a place in the project, given that I'm only able to observe what exists in this small window of time.