{"id":616,"date":"2026-04-26T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/?p=616"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:38:31","slug":"movement-in-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"Movement in the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve always been captivated by the shifting tides and the hypnotic, synchronized movement of a school of fish\u2014that fluid dance of many that feels like a single living organism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" data-id=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_2239506494999929466923834.jpg?resize=640%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_2239506494999929466923834.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_2239506494999929466923834.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_2239506494999929466923834.jpg?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_2239506494999929466923834.jpg?resize=850%2C496&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_2239506494999929466923834.jpg?w=1046&amp;ssl=1 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" data-id=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_224003281295005641246263419320.jpg?resize=640%2C854&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_224003281295005641246263419320.jpg?w=712&amp;ssl=1 712w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_224003281295005641246263419320.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_224003281295005641246263419320.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this piece, I wanted to capture that pulse. 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