BIG BEND NATIONAL
PARK & POINTS WEST
PARK & POINTS WEST
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Big Bend Zen, 2008
“Photography is a lie!” declared my college professor. The overall
scene is edited down to what the artist selects to be viewed; therefore
the whole is not revealed. But places like Big Bend can push us to try
to pass those limits. Few people know the ironic experience of a
flooding deluge in this desert park. That’s why I took this picture. This
desert is unforgiving, hot and deadly. It is not uncommon to learn of
the tragic end of a visitor who did not have enough water.
Big Bend National Park is one of the few places on earth one can
actually find near absolute silence. Situated in the vast Chihuahuan
desert are mountains that hide a conifer/oak forest high above. There
is no commercial air traffic overhead, save for an occasional tourist
plane. Whether you are up in the mountains, or out in the desert you
hear only wind, wildlife, and when those are still, then you can hear the
pulse in your own head. There are views of incomprehensible
distances into Mexico when there is no air pollution or rain.
Nature does not respect Man’s artificial boundaries or expectations.
When in Big Bend, you not only watch the sunset, you become part of
the sunset. You are whatever the elements make you. Embrace the
dirt. Play in rain. Melt with snow. I forget how many times I have visited
Big Bend. I return over and over, yet it is never the same experience.
Big Bend Zen, 2008
“Photography is a lie!” declared my college professor. The overall
scene is edited down to what the artist selects to be viewed; therefore
the whole is not revealed. But places like Big Bend can push us to try
to pass those limits. Few people know the ironic experience of a
flooding deluge in this desert park. That’s why I took this picture. This
desert is unforgiving, hot and deadly. It is not uncommon to learn of
the tragic end of a visitor who did not have enough water.
Big Bend National Park is one of the few places on earth one can
actually find near absolute silence. Situated in the vast Chihuahuan
desert are mountains that hide a conifer/oak forest high above. There
is no commercial air traffic overhead, save for an occasional tourist
plane. Whether you are up in the mountains, or out in the desert you
hear only wind, wildlife, and when those are still, then you can hear the
pulse in your own head. There are views of incomprehensible
distances into Mexico when there is no air pollution or rain.
Nature does not respect Man’s artificial boundaries or expectations.
When in Big Bend, you not only watch the sunset, you become part of
the sunset. You are whatever the elements make you. Embrace the
dirt. Play in rain. Melt with snow. I forget how many times I have visited
Big Bend. I return over and over, yet it is never the same experience.
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