For us, there is not just this world,
Joy Harjo
there’s also a layering of others.
Time is not divided by minutes and hours,
and everything has presence and meaning
within this landscape of timelessness.
One of the gifts I’ve found from visiting National Parks is the mystery of the time it has taken nature to develop the landscapes we photographers enjoy photographing. I also have always come back changed in some way with the silence and learning to be present with nature. She has much to share with us! And look at those layers of time she is showing. I hope everyone is staying warm, safe and dry!!
4 Comments
Mark
Pretty nice view! Have only been to the Badlands once as a kid – have always wanted to go back someday. Lately I often think about the tribes that used to steward these lands.
Monte Stevens
I have only been once myself and would love to return. I also think about those tribes that roamed that area and how they lived on that land. They have much to each us about stewardship!!
geri oster
BEAUTIFUL! Growing up in SE South Dakota I have been blessed to travel through the Badlands several times and past the N. edge of them on I-90 a multitude of times, including the mandatory stop at Wall Drug, Wall, SD. This cherished landscape on its southern edge is still home to the Mighty and Proud Sioux. All of that country should have been much for the better had the US honored its treaties with the Sioux and allowed their families to continue to be the caretakers of the Badlands and Black Hills. Well, there is my soapbox speech for the day! I shan’t let my angst rob me of the beauty of this photograph and sacred place.
Monte Stevens
Thank you, Geri for stopping by and leaving a comment. I am on the same soapbox with you. The Badlands is a place I need to return to for photographs but also the sacred spirit she offers us.