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| Sometimes its comforting to remember that
we are held by something greater than we
can imagine. This is how I feel when I make
pictures of our working relationsip with the
wild, unpredictable sea. After years of going out on boats and watching all kinds of fish run short, I now seek fishing stories that teach us how to harvest from the sea in sustainable ways, with respect for all the sea provides. “The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped that we might act with restraint, that we might leave room for the life that is destined to come.” —Terry Tempest Williams. |
I grew up on a small subsistence farm. We had
a massive garden and a variety of farm animals.
I hated weeding that garden, but I loved bottlefeeding
our pigs. As I spend more time on conservation issues, I am often reminded of our lost connection to the soil that sustains us. I make pictures on farms and ranches to remind myself that I am part of these lands. “Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.”—Wendell Berry |
While fishing boats and farms can set my mind at
ease, nature without harvest or tangible purpose
is my truest balancing force.
I believe that if you venture into the remote, wilder places on earth, you will be rewarded with a deeper connection to the remote, wilder places in your heart. In a short time, nature will guide you gracefully or dramatically, but always beautifully to your own wildness within. “there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which if we unconsciously yield to…will direct us aright.” — HD Thoreau |