Presence Rising
Lake Superior | Lutsen, MN | 2012
“Beauty is composed of many things and never stands alone. It is part of horizons, blue in the distance, great primeval silences, knowledge of all things of the earth… It is so fragile it can be destroyed by a sound or thought. It may be infinitesimally small or encompass the universe itself. It comes in a swift conception wherever nature has not been disturbed.”
~ Sigurd Olson
Rock Hunter 2012
Lake Superior | Lutsen, MN 2012
My grandmother taught me how to hunt rocks
she showed me how to study and
delicately view each stone
to examine the qualities
texture, color, shape
when I feel the weight of a stone in my hand
there is a vibration, a connection
as if I am holding the hand of my grandmother
Nikon D5100 | lens Nikkor 18-55 mm | focal 24 | f-stop 11 | exposure 1/3
Weathered 2012
Old Shed | Lutsen, MN 2012
She sits atop the hill
Looking out onto the big lake
Her flanks seasoned with the weather
FinePix S8000fd | focal 5 | f-stop 4 | exposure 1/50
follow the Twisted Root 