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Galisteo River, New Mexico
Braids Along the Galisteo River,  New Mexico 1997

 
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

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:
 
"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


Related Links:

Marilyn Bridges, Photographer

Simon J. Ortiz, University of Arizona Press

Save La Bajada Mesa!


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16 August 2022

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