The Winged Rock.
A most magical place.
A drawing of a symbol we saw thousands of feet up on one of the walls of Shiprock, either carved or naturally occurring—and a perfect representation of the place.
My Birthday Gift to Myself
Actually, I just woke up one day and decided I didn’t want to feel like that anymore, ever again, and so I changed. Just like that.
—Unknown
Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
—Ansel Adams
Vision
Shiprock, I’ll be seeing you soon…
Encircled
Sort of how the land wraps around your soul—
I have been trying for a very long time to live here. Life is not ready to let me go. So I walk through each day until I am free.
It was all so far away—there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.
—Georgia O’Keeffe
In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.
—Ed Abbey
