“The insistence of government and industry, that wilderness values be rendered solely in economic terms, has led to an insidious presumption, that the recreational potential of wild land, not its biological integrity, should be the principal criterion of its worth.”—Barry Lopez, Crossing Open Ground
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Their self-centered scorn, their disrespect for ideas and images beyond their ken, create the awful atmosphere of loose ends in which totalitarianism thrives, in which the past is merely curious or wrong.”
—Barry Lopez, Crossing Open Ground
“The vandals, the few who crowbar rock art off the desert's walls, who dig up graves, who punish the ground that holds intaglios, are people who devour history…
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Done with weaving. Now on to finalizing the piece.
Making progress
Beginning something new
Thinking of where to go with a very old photo project, and how things can or need to evolve
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A black and white photograph depicts a lush landscape scene near a pond
“Art’s gift to us is the pleasurable implication of coherence, of meaning, of consequence.” —Robert Adams, from Along Some Rivers (Aperture, 2006)
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Just heard someone discussing on a podcast events that happened “in the late 1900s,” and now I feel 300 years old.
Scenes from a morning walk, 1 February, 2025, Brigham City, Utah
6:38 am, 2.34 miles, 39 minutes 57 seconds
Light Descending—Delivered From The Enemy
The moment when the darkness begins to flee from young Joseph’s being and the pillar of light descends and rests upon him before God The Father and Jesus Christ appear to him.
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I put up a blog post this morning about Tommy Guerrero. I’d appreciate you giving it a read!
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Scenes from an early morning walk, 20 January, 2025, Brigham City, Utah
3:31 am, 1.14 miles, 21 minutes 45 seconds
I wasn’t sure when I was going to publish this post, but decided now’s a good time.
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It’s definitely been colder on some of my morning walks, but I just couldn’t force myself to go today. And I’m fine with that decision, due in part to sitting under a heated blanket and studying scripture.
Scenes from an early morning walk, 18 January, 2025, Iona, Idaho
5:09 am, 1.32 miles, 26 minutes 11 seconds
Scenes from an early morning walk, 17 January, 2025, Brigham City, Utah
4:46 am, 2.19 miles, 38 minutes 40 seconds
It’s been a rather depressing winter, weather-wise. And an alarming one as well. There’s just no snow, when by now we should have at least a few inches.
Scenes from an early morning walk, 16 January, 2025, Brigham City, Utah
3:30 am, 1.27 miles, 23 minutes 46 seconds
Study of Trees and Rocks; Study of Trees (verso)
Study of Trees and Rocks; Study of Trees (verso), 1890-1895
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Scenes from an early morning walk, 13 January, 2025, Brigham City, Utah
3:30 am, 1.59 miles, 28 minutes 57 seconds
Scenes from an early morning walk, 11 January, 2025, Brigham City, Utah
5:33 am, 2.36 miles, 43 minutes 23 seconds
Snow Effect with Setting Sun
Snow Effect with Setting Sun, 1875
Well by the Winding Road in the Park of Chateau Noir
Well by the Winding Road in the Park of Chateau Noir, 1900
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Gustave Boyer in a Straw Hat
Gustave Boyer in a Straw Hat, 1871
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Scenes from an early morning walk, Brigham City, Utah, 27 November, 2024
Scenes from an early morning walk, Brigham City, Utah, 27 November, 2024
Scenes from an early morning walk, 26 November, 2024
