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Photo captured via the HDR method of photography at Sonoma Coast State Beach: Marshall Gulch in Bodega Bay. Sonoma County. North Coast. Late January 2013.
Photo looking towards the city of Trinidad captured from Clam Beach County Park. Humboldt County. Late March 2013.
Photo captured on U.S. Highway 97, the Dalles-California Highway, in Klamath County. State of Oregon. "State of Jefferson." Late February 2013.
Photo captured via the HDR method of photography at the Freshwater Lagoon via U.S. Highway 101. Humboldt County. Late January 2013.
Photo captured at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Shasta County. Far Northern California. On the last day of December 2012.
Photo captured at a cattle ranch along the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo of Indian Tom Lake captured off Highway 161 near the Oregon State Line near Dorris in Far Northern California. Siskiyou County. Late February 2013.
Photo of Indian Tom Lake captured off Highway 161 near the Oregon State Line near Dorris in Far Northern California. Siskiyou County. Late February 2013.
There is no path to truth...
You must set out on the uncharted sea,
and the uncharted sea is yourself.
-- Krishnamurti
Photo of the Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge (formally known as the Coos Bay Bridge), carrying U.S. 101--the Oregon Coast Highway--captured just north of North Bend. Coos County. State of Oregon. Early March 2013
Photo captured from a meadow a few miles north of the town of Anchor Bay. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Read the original post here: A Heavy Bag and a Long Shadow.
I carry a heavy bag and drag a long shadow.
In the place I am in, I can’t figure out if I am settling in or preparing for departure.
Just the same as everything else.
Not knowing where we are, who we are.
Stop! Let me get my bearings!
“Think on your feet!” they tell you, keep going, don’t stop.
Don’t ever stop. To stop is to be stuck, frozen, in hell.
Can you stop the earth from rotating?
I push, to stop it and my arms, my back, my mind, are aching from the effort.
To stop is to rebel against living.
On the intake of a deep breath I remember, you may rest.
I let the world go, and it rotates on without loss of momentum.
I rest, and move not my body but notice what moves around me.
The loveliest thoughts and sounds ride in on the breeze and then off into the distance.
I open my eyes and continue on, carrying a heavy bag and dragging a long shadow.
Maybe I don’t know where I am or who I am.
But maybe, I don’t need to know.
Sometimes I wonder who that is I see in the mirror, and in the viewfinder of my camera - and where does he get all that emo crap? That's certainly not "me", posing, and taking pictures of myself - for myself. You just can't imagine how many of these crappy over-dramatic pictures get deleted for each one that you are subjected to. So, on behalf of myself, I apologize for the melodrama...
For FGR's invasion of "self reflections"
Photo captured at the 2nd vista point on eastbound Highway 299 near the Hatchet Mt. Summit, at 4368 feet above sea level. Shasta County. On the last day of December 2012.
Photo captured at a cattle ranch in the town of Orick off U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, with a hint of Redwood National Park behind the pasture lands. Humboldt County. Early March 2013.
Photo of the Santa Lucia Mountains captured alongside the El Sur Ranch near the Point Sur Light Station in Big Sur. Monterey County. Early May 2013.
Photo captured on Avenue of the Giants near the census-designated place of Phillipsville. Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Early March 2013.