I Stepped Out Of My Grave And

Like Looking Through A Telescope Into The Milky Way And Wondering If We're Alone In The Universe, It Made Me Realize With The Glaring Clarity Of Desert Light How Scarce And Delicate Life Is, How Insignificant We Are Compared With The Forces Of Nature And The Dimensions Of Space.

Everything Happens For A Reason, And Part Of That Beauty Of Life Is That We're Not Allowed To Know Those Reasons For Certain.

It Adds Up, But I Deem It All Necessary, Even The Camera Gear. I Enjoy Photographing The Otherworldly Colors And Shapes Presented In The Convoluted Depths Of Slot Canyons And The Prehistoric Artwork Preserved In Their Alcoves.

Adversity Is The Source Of Our Deepest Growth And Greatest Blessings; Embrace It, Dare To Seek It.

We Are Not Grand Because We Are At The Top Of The Food Chain Or Because We Can Alter Our Environment - The Environment Will Outlast Us With Its Unfathomable Forces And Unyielding Powers. But Rather Than Be Bound And Defeated By Our Insignificance, We Are Bold Because We Exercise Our Will Anyway, Despite The Ephemeral And Delicate Presence We Have In This Desert, On This Planet, In This Universe.