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The mystery lies beyond
The circle of grass in the foreground is a mystery, to me.
But the greater mystery, always, is what lies beyond…
near Madrid, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Olive
I’ve written previously about the sacred place El Santuario de Chimayó; the chain link fence along the walkway between the parking lot and the church has hundreds of small crosses on it.
Sometimes a detail captures the overall feeling of a place better than a wide shot; this was one of those times. Olive’s cross stands in for all of them.
El Santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2014
A marked trail
From this angle, it’s a little hard to know if those rocks are going up the trail to meet the storm, or coming down in an effort to escape it.
Of course, there’s always the possibility that they are just rocks, doing what rocks do: biding their time until they’ve eroded away.*
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
*I actually don’t know if that’s how it works. My college geology class was a long time ago.
Chapel
I stayed on campus when I attended a photography workshop earlier this summer in Santa Fe. The campus used to be a monastery, and there’s still a chapel on the grounds. Almost every afternoon, when I’d walk to my room, I could hear someone inside the chapel playing the flute. It was lovely, and calming. I wanted to go inside, to let the curve of that handrail pull me toward the music, but it felt like it would be an intrusion on the flautist. Instead, I walked a little slower, gaining a few more seconds of a serenade.
on the grounds of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Contrasting
A study in contrasts – of dark/light, smooth/rough, alive/dead.
near Madrid, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
One Day | One Image 