Doctors Rock

No one has ever seen doctors rock from a distance ,standing alone in all its glory and splendid colours. If you could it would be a wonder but you cant. Although it's literally a stones throw from the diamond rocks cafe in Kilkee its almost 100 feet below the water , can only be approached on a low tide ,when the prevailing west wind is'nt blowing. even then a diver has to use experience and excellent compass skills to find it among the laberinth of gullies that make up the underwater topography of kilkee bay. The rock it's self is like a mushroom on a stalk worn smooth by millions of years of small boulders rubbing agianst it. It's about the size of a small office block and ABSOUTLY carpeted with the most vivid jewal anaemoies..I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THEY ARE SO VIVID . Even when the water is at it's clearest you can't see the whole rock , its like comming across a corner of a building in a dense fog , you work you're around and gradually get a sense of the whole. You cant see the ananemoies till you are a meter from them,you cant see their colour s till you shine a tourch on them, in the natural light they are greeny gray . If you take them out of the water the die and loose their colour , if the whole of Docters rock was lifted out of the sea maybe people could see itr,s glory for a few seconds before the anomies died but thats the only way.Irish waters are too murky and using lots of flash wont work , there is to much particulate matter causing scatter.

 So why is it so beautifull?

 Well its not art , the sea bugs arn't self aware , did god just make the world so beautifull that even the bits we dont or even cant see are gems , i really dont know but Docters rock has allways puzzled me

my photos of dr's rock

my painting of dr's rock