secret of the mountains

The secret of the mountains is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no “meaning,” they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again, another day.

-Peter Matthiessen

the sound of midnight minnewanka

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lake minnewanka

Here is the sound of Lake Minnewanka, a glacier-fed mountainous valley in order to get a closer look at the stars.  I brought my field recorder with me and was fortunate enough to capture the innocent sound of water rolling against the base of the mountains.  It was one of those spectacular moments in nature that instilled a great sense of peace in all of us.  Although it was rather cold outside, the more I listened the warmer I felt.

COMMUNITY IMMUNITY – 2011


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