Incantations

(Xiaoliuqiu, 12/16)

Liuqiu’s East coast is even more rugged than its West, with rusty old harbor infrastructure leaving only small and hidden paths towards the sea.

It’s a rugged place, calm, silent. If the west belongs to the forest and mountain spirits, this is the place where the water spirits come ashore.

Here and there, visitors have left small incantations, pieces of wood, leaning against the rocks like giant tuning forks; or heaps of stone in the form of a turtle.