All Land, No Matter What Has Happened

...combining The Concrete And The Universal Is At The Center Of What Makes Art Important.

The Experience Of Life That You And I Have Is Pretty Much A Jigsaw Puzzle In The Box: Day-to-day Experiences Of Disconnected Pieces That Don't Seem To Justify The Efforts We Make Each Day.

The Thing That Keeps You Scrambling Over The Rocks, Risking Snakes, And Swatting At The Flies Is The View. It Is Only Your Enjoyment Of And Commitment To What You See, Not To What You Rationally Understand, That Balances The Otherwise Absurd Investment Of Labor.

Landscape Pictures Can Offer Us, I Think, Three Verities: Geography, Autobiography, And Metaphor. Geography Is, If Taken Alone, Sometimes Boring, Autobiography Is Frequently Trivial, And Metaphor Can Be Dubious. But Taken Together, As In The Best Work Of People Like Alfred Stieglitz And Edward Weston, The Three Kinds Of Information Strengthen Each Other And Reinforce What We All Work To Keep Intact - The Affection For Life.

Always Remember Deep In Your Heart That All Is Well And Everything Is Unfolding As It Should. There Are No Mistakes Anywhere, At Any Time. What Appears To Be Wrong Is Simply Your Own False Imagination. That's All.