Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Arizona Canyons - April 12-20, 2011


Ordinarily, I write about the daily travails of my journeys. I have just this to say about my latest adventure. I chose to stay in my own backyard, so to speak, rather than some remote location in the third world. I decided to try and expand my horizons by doing something different with the shutter and lens: landscapes. I have traveled around the world in search of people in remote lands and of distinct cultures. It is not because I am drawn to how they live, but how they feel. It is what interests me in my life: my feelings in this life, not necessarily how I live or how I will live. There is always a piece of me I find there among these people. I learn about my life and my feelings when I find them, and the camera is the medium which helps me to connect me to them, and by extension, to myself. I discovered in the Arizona canyons that there is also emotional content in rock and sand, water and trees. It was a revelation. I found my feelings reflected or refracted with the light bouncing around these glorious landscapes. It is a new piece I found, and I know now I have to pursue it and integrate it in my life. Next stop: Iceland in September.