Polihale Wave of Grace

by Debra Banks

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Polihale Wave of Grace

Artist

Debra Banks

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Photograph - Photography

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This series of Hawaiian waves were taken at Polihale Beach on the Island of Kauai. The wind was strong and the air was saturated with a fine mist, diffusing the light to give the images a natural grainy and blurred effect.

I wasn't sure whether or not to post as clarity is important in my wave photography, however, this was nature in all it's glory, imperfect to the camera's eye, but nonetheless still beautiful in the eye of the beholder .

In Hawaiian mythology, Nāmaka (or Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, the eyes of Kahaʻi) appears as a sea goddess or a water spirit and she is an older sister of Pele-honua-mea.

My soul is full of longing
for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean
sends a thrilling pulse through me.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came" John F. Kennedy


"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans". Kahlil Gibran

"The beauty of the ocean and its waves and the infinite shapes and textures that is offered...when we take the time to watch and observe its creations. " Debra Banks



In the mythology of old Hawaii, Kanaloa was the god of the ocean, a healer god, and the close companion of Kane, the god of creation.

Hawaiian Language;
Ocean - Moana
Wave - Nalu Debra Banks

Polihale, an uncommonly beautiful beach, casts an almost sacred spell on all who visit. Isolated and other-worldly, Polihale beach hugs the shore below steep mounds of blazing, white sand called Nohilili Dunes. At the end of an old sugarcane road, Polihale is the site of ancient Hawaiian temple ruins, originally constructed at a point over the ocean where Hawaiians believed the souls of the dead departed for Po, the underworld.

Polihale State Park is a remote wild beach on the western side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is the most western publicly accessible area in Hawaii. in Hawaiian, Polihale literally translates as “House Bosom.” The root Po refers to the original night and darkness from which creation is manifested (the Hawaiian “day” began at nightfall), in this case, symbolizing “the source.” Poli in Hawaiian means "bosom" or “breast,” often believed to represent birth or life.

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September 18th, 2020

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