We started the day with a sunrise hike in Papago Park and then I delivered Big A to his conference and took off for The Heard Museum of American Indian Art.
The museum was magnificent. An exhibition called Sky-Dome--an immersive video experience of the wonder of nature sights and sounds moved me to tears even as my breath calmed. Despite our climate crisis and ongoing geopolitical strife, our world is just so, so, so beautiful. Why can't we just stop doing shitty things to each other?
The exhibit on Indian Boarding Schools was another heartbreaker. Also a heartbreaker--the prices in the museum shop: they had beautiful, handmade jewelry that was out of my budget for the day. (I didn't need it anyhow.)
Pic: Butte formations at Papago Park, We clambered up all the way to that hole in the rock, which is called... wait for it... "Hole in the Rock." No, really.
5 comments:
The world is so beautiful, I always think of the last lines in Desiderata: With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
I think about those words every single day!
I was thinking the same thing as Nicole--Desiderata.
When we were in Alaska, I felt similar emotions: the natural landscape was so incredibly beautiful. I began to feel protective and almost frightened. I worried about its future--how soon would it become spoiled? Why can't we leave things alone?
Sigh.
Enjoy.
That looks like a fun hike. I hope being out in nature is restorative.
Nicole--Thank you for that--yes, to happiness and reminders of happiness always.
Nance--Your Alaska trip sounds awe-inspiring in every way.
Gillian--Thanks!
Steph--It has been! And in a way, the dry heat has been too.
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