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Bur oak with layer of leaves in background.
"Thus, he who owns a veteran bur oak owns more than a tree. He owns a historical library, and a reserve seat in the theater of evolution."
-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
This bur oak sits on a ridge overlooking a small small marsh in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
The horizon changes everything. Who, in his right mind, worships a candle once he realizes its sole purpose is to help guide him toward the dawn? Likewise, who in his right mind thinks that his light and his light alone can guide the path forward? Once I see that what I see is not the totality of the truth, I also see other people, perhaps for the first time. I see them in their alterity—in their otherness—and not merely as empty abstractions or potential resources (or obstacles) for satisfying my desires. If I take God to exist, well, then, they must exist as well; they must have something to do with the same God who created me. They must be I’s like me. Perhaps I should listen to them. Perhaps, even, I should love them, maybe, even, as much as I love myself. Maybe, even, if they don’t love me.
---Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life
By Chris Kaczor and Matthew Petrusek
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The salesforce camera was showing a nice soft layer of fog coming in under the bridge at 4am so I packed up my gear and headed over to Battery Spencer.
It is hard to take a bad shot here.
Two images stitched together.
Countless layers in this rock face. Once upon a time they were horizontal....... hard to imagine the forces it must have taken to deform it so much. Think the rock is a type of slate.
If you have the time please look as large as possible.