Or is it an addiction? John Denver seemed to think so!! I am not sure, exactly what it is… but is this how it goes? At first you’re in awe, you can’t catch your breath and your heart is beating a million times a second. This initial “gobsmacked” state may persist for a while but soon gives way toan intense sensation of need. As in needing more. And soon you come to realize that a deep part of your life is so wound up in this “object of desire” that you must become a part of it, Some how. But without letting it consume you – or maybe not. 🙂
And so it was with my first exposure to the mountains when I was 7 0r 8. It was an unimaginable place that I found myself, physically and emotionally. Astounding. The peaks, the waterfalls, the canyons…my objects of desire.
When I discovered photography, it took my obsession to a new level, literally. First ski trips then summer hiking and now helicopters, the intense peace I find up there with my camera is like meditation on steroids. And having said all this, nothing much has changed!
