Nature has my attention each day. It is life, it is our life, and it is the life of all beings on Earth. I strive to foster good relationships with nature through my writing and photography. As a writer and photographer, I am an interpreter of the kinship experiences I know from climbing trees, wading in rivers, climbing up & down boulders, and pushing through brambles to learn the lives of other species. My hope is that my interpretations serve to aid others in having their kinship experiences with the natural world.
From High to Low Perspectives, We Can Experience Nature
Strong winds blow across headlands in San Francisco Bay while the surface is calm on Calapooia River in Oregon. Yet, both images are exemplary of moments of stillness. Each experience there gave me deeply reflective pauses. The bridge held fast to the land, and the stream skater glided onward, but I remained in the experience. These are the gifts of photography that I share in my images–a chance to increase the pauses in our busy lives and reflect on what nature does to us and what we do to nature.
Atop a bluff in Columbia Gorge, where Columbia River passes between Oregon and Washington, is a monument to those soldiers who fell in World War I. The structure is a reconstructed, full-size replica of the stonehenge that stands in England. The American version of stonehenge gets fewer visitors than the ancient original. It is not aligned with the sun’s rise. The structure in the gorge sits distant from centers of population. However, it is a good place to reflect on brave ancestors as we consider the history we make each day with our actions. Visit theAmerican stonehenge in Maryhill, Washington when you have the chance.
