Eastern Collared Lizard — Image by kenne
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Cattails By A Sonoran Desert Creek — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The sonoran desert
a very diverse place
wildflowers take turns
blooming so visitors
can always see them —
what a beautiful world.
— kenne
A Morning Hike In Saguaro National Park Hike-East (01/03/20)– Image by kenne
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Sonoran Spring — Image by kenne
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Desert Trail — Panorama by kenne
Albert Einstein believed we suffer from an “optical delusion”
which separated us from the rest of creation. His solution?
“Widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
Winter In Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
On this day in February, we are in Kingwood Texas celebrating Jill’s birthday.
Days of Contrast
Winter in Sabino Canyon —
Blue is the color of the sky
Golden the color of desert grass
Mountain colors changing
With the angle of the sun.
Winter on the Gulf Coast —
Gray the color of the sky
Damp air chills to the bone
Diminishing a desire to walk
In the east Texas woods.
— kenne
Del Sol Pool Area & Golf Course (Home of the 2018 U of A Women’s Championship Team)– Image by kenne
We will be there tomorrow to see the the Isley Brothers & Commodores at the AVA Amphitheater. — kenne
Dried Wildflowers — Images by kenne
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Canyon Lands National Park Travel Scene (June 2014) — Image by kenne
Dry Wildflowers — Computer Painting by kenne
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Painting by kenne
Crossing The Border
Don’t Fence Me In — Image by kenne
the West
invented itself,
then
reinvented itself —
first by cowboys,
then
by landowners,
which changed its
tone and image,
so much so
now only the
makings of myths,
not history.
— kenne
The Photographer — Image by kenne
THE PHOTOGRAPHER
The photographer (artist)
seeks to connect what
is already connected, the
past, present, and future
in a moment of existence
while being a traveler
in other people’s reality
sharing an awareness
of the present experience.
An awareness of the moment
with the whole being, the artist
is of the experience —
the essence of existence.
The artist desires to share
the essence, but the resulting image
is about the experience, not
of the experience —
the Tao of observation.
In the process
of capturing an event
the photographer feels
and sees in the moment,
the Tao of an event —
the Tao that is projected
is outside the moment
hence is not the
essence of Tao.
— kenne
Petrified Forest National Park — Images by kenne
Here, one sees the Painted Desert with its fantastic coloring, the petrified forests, deep lateral cañons, the great Cohonino Forest, through which one may ride for five days without finding a drop of water except during the rainy season. Truly, it is a wonderland, and in the Grand Cañon one can think of nothing but the Abomination of Desolation. There is no place in the world at present so accessible, and at the same time so full of the most romantic interest, as are the territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
— from On the Border with Crook, by John G. Bourke (1891)
Painted Desert National Park Panoramas by kenne
This was our second visit to this National Park, the first time was ten years ago when we were traveling to Las Vegas from The Woodlands, Texas. This time, driving from Tucson we made a brief stop on our way to Telluride and other places in Colorado.
— kenne
