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Chimney Rock at Ghost Ranch is just one of many stone spires in New Mexico. When you add the soft orange glow of Sunset, it’s hard to not be inspired. Humans seem hardwired to experience pleasure when they encounter something so beautiful. Frank Wilczek wrote a 400 page book as an attempt to answer a single question, “Is the world a work of art?” In a sense, is all of creation from the Galaxies to atoms, are something we as conscious human beings experience as beautiful, as we do gazing at...

Georgia O’Keeffe once (or more times) said if she painted enough, God said He would give it to her… here are my thoughts: Georgia’s Gift Was Georgia O’Keeffe given Perdernal Cerro by God because She painted it enough times? No. God gave her a greater gift, Sharing her Majesty, Mystery and Beauty. Beauty is a truth That belongs to no one, But also, to everyone.

I passed by this site on my way to the Pecos river and stopped both going up and coming back in the evening…. I had to paint it and write a poem! The Rock Serpent A rock serpent emerges from Rugged hills South of Galisteo Silently moving West to East, Returning to its’ molten home. I also climb the hilltops, Feel the Sun above and The golden grass beneath my feet. Grateful on each step On this journey home.