On my October, 2010, Road Trip... I headed Westward to find My Balance... My Harmony... My Spiritual Health. I saw so much... I feel like I connected with whatever it was that I needed to find. I believe the the Spiritual World and the Physical World do blend into One...
On the way back to Nevada, we were driving West on Interstate 40 in Western Arizona when this beautiful sunset presented itself. I'm not sure if my traveling partners experienced it quite the way I did... I believe that so much of what we experience in Life is measured by our own Perception of these events...
Look at these marvelous colors that Mother Nature provided that evening...
"As the sun sets, its light passes through more and more of the darkening atmosphere en route to the eye.... in the process all the warm colours of red, yellow and orange begin to dominate the visual spectrum over the cool colours of blues and greens. The stronger the darkening, the redder the colour."
"According to Goethe.... light and darkness meet in a turbid medium to create colour."
This one sunset provided such a wonderful exclamation mark to this trip. These photos appear as they did when I downloaded them from my camera. There was no enhancement of the colors...
Much of what I feel I am seeking is about Life... of Living My Life, Honoring the Lives of those Dear and Near to Me... and Honoring the Lives of Those who have gone on before Me...
I found these Native American Proverbs... and for some reason, they just seem appropriate...
You must live your life from beginning to end: Noone else can do it for you. (Hopi) Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way. (Blackfoot) When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. (Cherokee)
~Namaste~
~shoes~
I tell my son that when I die, it's not that I've left him... it's that I've conquered my world.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's an Indian proverb... perhaps a redneck one.
Your sunset photos are just INCREDIBLE!!! What a gift mother nature gave to YOU! She must think you're pretty special...
xoxoxoxo
gobbles
those photos are awesome...thanks for sharing them
ReplyDeleteWHOA !!! Those last two shots are INCREDIBLE, Dude !
ReplyDeleteWow, what brilliant colors. Beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletesunset pictures are beautiful, and these are some of the prettiest i've ever seen. thanks for sharing them!
ReplyDeleteI think everything is measured by our perception. Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something different. The photographs are amazing. All of the colors eventually bleed into one. Brilliant in their separateness, but bonded in that it all comes back to one. Just like people. We will always be more alike than we are different. Namaste.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful photos! Thanks so much for sharing them with us. :)
ReplyDelete@ Hey Gobbles... Red Neck Proverbs work pretty well too!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could take credit for the photos, but I think Mother Nature is more responsible. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. :o)
@ Lynn, Heff, SAG, Magnolia,... thank you. The scenery was amazing to experience!!! The colors were remarkable!!
@ Robin... what a profound comment! Thank you... you are SO right about all of that!!! :o)
@ Nancy... you are more than welcome... how are YOU doing? :o)
~shoes~
They say that proof of God is in the fact that we can perceive color...We have retinas equipped with cones and rods and that differentiates us from other species. So Goethe's turbid air was a gift as well.
ReplyDeleteYour trip sounded wonderful...I was perceiving color in North Carolina at the time.
@ Linnnn... I love North Carolina... I used to do a great deal of camping/hiking/canoeing in Western NC... that is truly some beautiful country up that way...
ReplyDelete~shoes~