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Columnar basalt at the mouth of Grand Wash in Arizona
Grand Canyon, looking below the mouth of the Diamond River in Arizona
Cathedral Mesa on the Colorado River in Arizona
Light and shadow in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River in Nevada, viewed from Mirror Bar
Black Canyon of the Colorado River, looking above from Camp 8 in Nevada
Entrance to the Black Canyon of the Colorado River in Nevada
Wall in the Grand Canyon
Saguaro cactus in Arizona
Rock carved by drifting sand below Fortification Rock in Arizona
Eroded strata near Cottonwood Springs, Nevada
Iceberg Canyon on the Colorado River in Nevada
Photos by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-1882), from U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian under Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, 1871 Expedition (U. S. Geological Survey Photographic Library)
Tom,
ReplyDeleteFurther 'evidence' here of filling that space between foreground and "vast distant horizon" (resonates with something here, from yesterday)- - - -
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light coming into fog against invisible
ridge, shadowed shape of cypress branch
in foreground, wave sounding in channel
density of matter, not only
but that seen present
space, imagined to be given,
with physical meaning
grey white fog against invisible ridge,
pelican flapping across toward horizon
Steve,
ReplyDeleteThe space between foreground and horizon, I have thought, is what Temporality also fills --
that seen present
space, imagined to be given,
with physical meaning --
and the curious fleeting or diminished presence of the human in these photos, the very long exposure time actually perhaps allowing the photographer himself, were he so "inclined", to enter the picture (that is, the picture of the geology)... a nano-dot of living temporality in amid all that rocky
density of matter
this is where Stone Girl resides:
ReplyDeleteat the entrance to The Black Canyon
where
the Colorado River .... enters
this IS a Sacred Place that is
above all else
to be Honored and Respected and (yes), even Worshiped
I even think that that is "her" standing at the water's edge
"she" as these rocks so do simultaneously resides in many places
(and)
what DOES "she" think?
one kiss from this "blind man"
&
I will tell you
Edster,
ReplyDeleteThat's so beautiful to think on, it would bring tears to the eyes of a stone.
All the sacred places in all the pictures we have ever seen dwell inside us... and then we are gone.
Though the rocks are still there.