Arches National Park Image by kenne
We persist in calling spirit invisible,
as though visibility were vulgar.
But what is more arrogant
than refusing incarnation?
Matter is not the enemy of meaning—
it is meaning slowed down enough to be examined.
— kenne
Standing Rock in Arches National Park — Image by kenne
Alone it rises—
a column of memory
etched by time and storm,
sandstone bones
lifted from silence.
Once part of mountain
now a sentinel—
its shadow stretched thin
on red earth,
marking the hours
with ancient patience.
Wind has carved its voice away,
but still it speaks
in shape and stillness—
a hymn to gravity,
to letting go slowly,
to standing,
even as the world
falls grain by grain.
Arches National Park — Image by kenne
Delicate Arch In Arches National Park with the La Sal Mountains in the Background — Painting by kenne
Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall (16 m) freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in
Grand County, Utah, United States. The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park
and is depicted on Utah license plates and a postage stamp commemorating Utah’s centennial anniversary
of admission to the Union in 1886. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch.
Delicate Arch is formed of Entrada Sandstone. The original sandstone fin was gradually worn away by weathering and erosion,
leaving the arch. Other arches in the park were formed the same way but, due to placement and less dramatic shape,
are not as famous. — Source: Wikipedia
Arches of Arches in Arches National Park — (06/12/14) — Image by kenne
— Ansel Adams
Delicate Arch In Arches National Park (06/12/14) Image by kenne
–from Arches National Park by Marilyn Lott
A Cavern In Arches National Park — Image by kenne
— President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arches National Park (06/12/14) — Image by kenne
In the Desert
Zion National Park (June 10, 2014) — Image by kenne
— kenne
Mesa Arch In Canyonlands — Image by kenne
“Canyonlands has more than 80 natural arches but arch hunters often bypass this park in favor of its neighbor, Arches National Park.
Canyonlands’ most famous arch is Mesa Arch in Willow Flat in the Island in the Sky District. It’s a favorite place
to watch the sunrise and photograph the night skies.” Source — myutahparks.com
Arches National Park — Image by kenne
Arches National Park lies north of Moab in the state of Utah. Bordered by the Colorado River in the southeast, it’s
known as the site of more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, such as the massive, red-hued Delicate Arch in the
east. Long, thin Landscape Arch stands in Devils Garden to the north. Other geological formations include Balanced
Rock, towering over the desert landscape in the middle of the park.― Google
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Danny Strayer
A Late December Hike In The Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
— kenne
Cactus Wren Photo-Artistry by kenne
The artist is the most interesting of all phenomena,
for he represents creativity, the definition of man.
Sonoran Desert Sunrise — Image by kenne
The many will follow the beaten track
With guideposts on the way.
They live and have lived for ages back
With a chart for every day.
Someone has told them it’s safe to go
On the road he has traveled o’er,
And all that they ever strive to know
Are the things that were known before.
— from “The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before” by Edgar Guest
