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We came to the edge of the mesa and looked below. We could see the shallow wash snaking down from the cut between two mesas, all the way from Black Mountain; and the cottonwoods from the distance looked like a string of tourquoise, and the land was a pretty woman smiling at us looking at her. - Simon J. Ortiz, in Going for the Rain, Woven Stone |
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There was such a sublime sense of compassionate love, that arose when capturing this image on a Lighthawk flight, it was impossible for me to ignore. In the broader terms of ones life, a seminal experience such as that can become a window. For instance, like this: |
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"I felt as though I was in the presence of a great force, a force that provided unity, that challenged the narrow perspectives of our lives by requiring us to step back enough to view the whole." - Marilyn Bridges, 1986 Markings, Aerial Views of Sacred Landscapes |
Simon J. Ortiz, University of Arizona Press
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