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you’ll never sink when you are with me
I went to the Salton Sea four years ago and just lately took another look at the photos I’d made on the trip.
Some of them appealed to me now more than they did then – and this is one of them.
I do not know what the artist (or artists) intended to convey with this installation in the Salton Sea. Pyramids are said to be linked to funeral rites as a passing of existence beyond time…this one in the dying sea seems especially poignant.
Bombay Beach, California
photographed 2.12.2022
the seeker
And you’re limned
In light, golden and thin
(A pair of lines from Bruce Cockburn’s lovely song “Look How Far” seem particularly relevant here.)
Bombay Beach
Salton Sea, California
photographed 2.12.2022
the only other thing
The long shadows of the approaching sunset did me a solid right here, didn’t they?
Bombay Beach
Salton Sea, California
photographed 2.12.2022
under her careful gaze
I did sort of feel like someone was watching me prowl around the beach, and then I figured out why it felt that way…
Bombay Beach
Salton Sea, California
photographed 2.12.2022
One Day | One Image 