The High Sierra (Happy Earth Day)

 The High Sierra, October/November 2019 (35mm film)

In honor of Earth Day and its 50th Anniversary, I thought to share some photographs I took while camping in and through the High Sierra last year . . .

An autumn ago.
Solitude and stillness. 

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Allow us to be better stewards of our planet--for each other, for our children, for our children's children, and for their children's children.  For our magnificent wildlife, our vast marine life, our invaluable plant life.  For the whole of nature.

We have one Earth.  Be kind to her.

In no lesser degree, may we also remember to show kindness to our fellow humans during this time of global crisis.

Our Earth and world are hurting collectively.
Be the antidote, not the poison.


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Of Wyoming & Montana

 Wyoming/Montana - July 2019

What are photos

but two-dimensional time machines

transporting the present mind to

safe houses lodged within the past.

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Photos are of Glacier, the Tetons, and Yellowstone.

Gray Space

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Entry from February 27, 2019:

I was long convinced that all matters could only be summed up into one of two categorical colors: black or white.  A theory that allowed for minimal questioning and overthinking.

Recent introspection and reflection have helped me to acknowledge the overwhelming amount of gray between the two ends--a space beckoning to be considered, understood, explored.

Last night, in the midst of pondering the nuances of the temporal and fleeting, I was met with an epiphanous evening song--one that was altogether familiar and distant.  It was a song I had hummed along to for years, a song as elusive and mysterious as the nightingale.  As I attuned my ears and opened my eyes, I could finally hear the words come through and see every note within its measure.  I fell asleep to the glorious sounds and flapping pages of an unfolding composition.

I have been peeling back layers in an attempt to see past what I always thought could only be one of two parts.  I am taking time to plant and sow new life, to listen to the natural vibrations of the earth.  The path the wind carves.  The silence that follows a storm.  The colors that paint the land at dusk.

I know with the utmost certainty that there are experiences and life lessons waiting for me beyond the perimeter of San Francisco, the topography of California, the coastline of the Pacific, and the borders of North America.  Somewhere far removed from the humdrum of this current existence, there is something greater, something more.

Here's to finding it.

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San Francisco to Utah: Bryce Canyon

Navajo/Queens Trail & Natural Bridge Point, Bryce Canyon National Park

August 26, 2018

San Francisco to Utah: Zion

Riverside Walk/Narrows, Zion National Park

August 25, 2018

Across the Silences

Death Valley National Park

February 2018

Nowhere is the same

as the place in which I exist alone

None will ever quite know

the demons with whom I dance and dine.

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For those struggling with demons, in whatever
form they may come, you are worth the battle.
You. 
Let tomorrow make good on her promises.
 

There is help, and there is light.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

Joshua Tree

 Joshua Tree National Park

Memorial Day Weekend 2018

I want to wander in the wild.
I want the magic of it all.