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21::February::2012 12:38 → permalink

two sketches from the Center of the Universe…

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self-portrait on the Continental Divide
  • place: Continental Divide at Cottonwood Pass, Colorado

07::September::2011 13:33 → permalink

self-portrait, Continental Divide at Cottonwood Pass, Colorado, September 2011

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self-portrait at the Center of the Universe
  • place: Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado

24::August::2011 15:52 → permalink

self-portrait, Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado, August 2011

Thirty years plus a few weeks since the original visit to the Center of the Universe. What does it reveal?

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self-portrait in Mint Wash
  • place: Mint Wash, Williamson Valley, Arizona

11::March::2011 14:02 → permalink

self-portrait, Mint Wash, Williamson Valley, Arizona, March 2011

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self-portrait
  • place: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

11::April::2010 12:53 → permalink

self-portrait, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, April 2010

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self-portrait under a full moon
  • place: Arrastra Mountain Wilderness, Arizona

10::April::2009 00:05 → permalink

self-portrait under the full moon, Arrastra Mountain Wilderness, Arizona, April 2009

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self-portrait on Bondi Beach
  • place: Bondi Beach, NSW, Australia

18::April::2007 15:13 → permalink

self-portrait, Bondi Beach, NSW, Australia, April 2007

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self-portrait at the Hobe Chobe compound
  • place: near Twenty-nine Palms, California

05::November::2006 20:51 → permalink

self-portrait at the Hobe Chobe compound, near Twenty-nine Palms, California, November 2006

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self-portrait in Pool Creek Canyon
  • place: Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado

29::September::2006 14:08 → permalink

self-portrait in Pool Creek Canyon, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado, September 2006

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self-portrait in Echo Park
  • place: Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado

28::September::2006 15:25 → permalink

self-portrait in Echo Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado, September 2006

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self-portrait with saguaro
  • place: Arrastra Mountain Wilderness, Arizona

08::April::2005 12:01 → permalink

self-portrait with saguaro, Arrastra Mountain Wilderness, Arizona, April 2005

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self-portrait on train
  • place: en route Köln - Rösrath, Germany

07::March::2005 20:35 → permalink

self-portrait on train, Köln, Germany, March 2005

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self-portrait with Loki in Echo Park
  • place: Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado

24::May::2003 12:35 → permalink

self-portrait with Loki in Echo Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado, May 2003

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self-portrait at the Center of the Universe
  • place: Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado

21::March::2003 10:09 → permalink

self-portrait at the Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado, March 2003

Twenty-two years since the first visit. Spring Break. Bit of a rough night, to be sure…

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self-portrait with students
  • place: Boulder, Colorado

14::December::2002 12:53 → permalink

self-portrait with students, Boulder, Colorado, December 2002

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self-portrait: unspoken in-press-ons
  • place: Echo Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado

18::July::2002 13:10 → permalink

self-portrait after swimming the confluence, the Green & Yampa in Echo Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado, July 2002

so much stimulation. skunks, 8-point bucks, fish, minnows, crayfish, bats, Mormon Locusts, lizards, snakes, sage grouse, sagebrush, the Yampa, the Green, Steamship Rock, the sandstone, the sky, storms, swimming in place in the river, hiking Sand Canyon, waiting for rain. two days in Echo Park is a lifetime of regeneration. will definitely bring Loki here. 14 years ago I was here last. it has changed. the broad park with 20 or so huge cottonwood trees is half gone, consumed by the river, the trees lying like skeletons of monstrous beasts in the low water. that whole area is now closed for camping, and a ‘regular’ campground established at the point where the road exits the canyon on the way down. nicer that way, gives the wildlife a better chance in that area. strange how much the topography has changed, though, I had not expected it. not to mention the colonization by tamarisk. that has changed the shoreline. watching the stars last night, sleeping in the back of the truck, head on the tailgate, waking at regular intervals, seeing the sheer wall above and behind me, changing color, shade, as morning approached. and the rotation of stars silhouetted by the massive cliffs in every direction. no bugs to speak of, but tonight there seems to be many.

Sand Canyon, a long hike starting rather late in the morning, so that when I reach as far as I feel like going, it is in the peak of the heat and Light radiation bath. early on, there were plenty of cool shady spots to catch, resting in the silence, but on the way back down to the river, the heat and Light was searing the eyeballs. pressing down on the head. and making everything stand out in etched presence. (find edge). convolve the edge with a Dirac Delta function to send it to infinity. and it becomes the key value in knowing, at least in the moment. for each manifestation of energy in the universe, the critical point is the edge. how to maintain the energy right to the edge. but not beyond. (an aura is the inability to stop energy at an edge — it suggests a permeability, or that energy permeates everything. spreading to infuse the next manifestation. intertwining with and loving the Other.

a raptor harries me from above: death from above (the calling-card moniker of the Charlie Company 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry), rapacious cawing, echoing off the walls of the canyon, its yearling young joining in short flight or resting on a ledge far above me when I stopped to watch from under a cottonwood tree. I am not a welcome addition to the area. later I covertly watch the same raptor giving the same abuse to a passel of ravens that were coming downriver. ravens are everywhere that I have lived in the last years. there was one raven in Iceland, a huge one, who would come into town in the winter, I would cross his path in the crisp and dark mornings outside the house on my way to the bus stop at the top of the hill. he would greet me in a gutteral “craaaaaaawwwwwk.” I would look up, and wish for the best that spirit can offer to another being. and recall the ravens of Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s “Eagles Nest” near Berchtesgaden in the Austrian sub-Alps. the place looking like the home of the Nazgul in Lord of the Rings, in a greasy fog. while down below in the valley, American military officers relaxed and played golf. spoils of war. carrion.

a day so full of unspoken in-press-ons (no other human contact save for a few limited conversations) that spirit simmers at the surface. want to keep it there. will be here again in the near future. even though it is not so easy on the car, but if this is the main thing I do with the car, well, it will be worth it.

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self-portrait during solar eclipse
  • place: Prescott, Arizona

12::June::2002 16:12 → permalink

self-portrait during eclipse, Prescott, Arizona, June 2002

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self-portrait at the Center of the Universe
  • place: Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado

08::January::2002 14:21 → permalink

self-portrait at the Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado, January 2002

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self-portrait, Museum of Natural History
  • place: Denver, Colorado

28::June::2000 13:51 → permalink

self-portrait, Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado, June 2000

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self-portrait at the Center of the Universe
  • place: Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado

21::June::2000 14:27 → permalink

self-portrait at the Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado, June 2000

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self-portrait on the Tornionjoki
  • place: Tornio, Lapin lääni, Finland

31::May::2000 21:10 → permalink

self-portrait, Tornionjoki, Lapin lääni, Finland, May 2000

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self-portrait with Eija at the Kemi Municipal Hospital
  • place: Kemi, Lapin lääni, Finland

30::May::2000 16:24 → permalink

self-portrait with Eija, Kemi Municipal Hospital, Kemi, Lapin lääni, Finland, May 2000

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self-portrait in bathroom
  • place: Tornio, Lapin lääni, Finland

24::April::2000 19:39 → permalink

self-portrait, Tornio, Lapin lääni, Finland, April 2000

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self portrait with Sanna at Kemin satama
  • place: Kemin satama, Lapin lääni, Finland

18::October::1998 14:13 → permalink

self portrait with Sanna, Kemin satama, Lapin lääni, Finland, October 1998

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self-portrait, Ars Electronica
  • place: Linz, Austria

04::September::1998 13:33 → permalink

self-portrait, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, September 1998

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self portrait with Sanna in the Kemi-Helsinki express
  • place: en route Kemi, Lapin lääni - Helsinki, Finland

31::May::1998 23:48 → permalink

self portrait with Sanna, en route Kemi, Lapin lääni - Helsinki, Finland, May 1998

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self portrait with makkara
  • place: near Kemi, Lapin lääni, Finland

15::May::1998 12:21 → permalink

self-portrait with makkara, near Kemi, Lapin lääni, Finland, May 1998

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self portrait, Artpool
  • place: Artpool Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

17::March::1998 19:10 → permalink

self-portrait in front of Yoko Ono's bum, Artpool Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, March 1998

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self-portrait on the Summer Solstice
  • place: Selatangar, Árnessýsla, Iceland

20::June::1995 12:00 → permalink

self-portrait at Selatangar on the Summer Solstice, Árnessýsla, Iceland, June 1995

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self-portrait with Jón on the Arnarberg
  • place: Eyjafjörður, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

03::August::1994 19:51 → permalink

self-portrait with Jón, piloting the Arnarberg in Eyjafjörður, Iceland, August 1994

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self-portrait on Skjaldbreiður
  • place: Skjaldbreiður, Árnessýsla, Iceland

22::January::1994 13:13 → permalink

self-portrait on Skjaldbreiður, Árnessýsla, Iceland, January 1994

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self-portrait at the Aquarium
  • place: Bergen, Norway

20::September::1993 18:20 → permalink

self-portrait at the Aquarium, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, September 1993

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self-portrait, under the glacier
  • place: Sólheimajökull, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland

25::August::1993 18:02 → permalink

self-portrait, Sólheimajökull, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland, August 1993

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self-portrait with Loki
  • place: Morsárdalur, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland

09::July::1993 15:02 → permalink

self-portrait, Morsárdalur, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland, July 1993

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self-portrait on Gígjökull
  • place: Gígjökull, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

20::February::1993 12:32 → permalink

self-portrait on Gígjökull, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland, February 1993

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self-portrait with sunLight, summer Solstice on the Arctic Circle
  • place: Hrísey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

21::June::1992 23:55 → permalink

self-portrait with sunLight, summer Solstice on the Arctic Circle, Hrísey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland, June 1992

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self-portrait after civil wedding with Nick (witness) and Magga
  • place: Reykjavík, Iceland

10::June::1992 13:14 → permalink

self-portrait after civil wedding with Nick (witness) and Magga, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 1992

I had extensive second-degree burns on my ankles with painful edema in my legs after falling into a mud-fumarole area where the ground just collapsed under me a few days ago. I had to hike out seven km. to get back to the car — mostly walking in the cold river to staunch the pain. Got married during MB’s lunch break, Nick didn’t know he was going to be witness. No happy looks from the newlyweds. A portent?

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self-portrait with Magga
  • place: Gígjökull, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

13::April::1992 13:41 → permalink

self-portrait with Magga on Gígjökull, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland, April 1992

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self-portrait by the sea
  • place: Seltjarnarnes, Iceland

07::March::1992 12:41 → permalink

self-portrait by the sea, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland, March 1992

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self-portrait at the Center of the Universe
  • place: Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado

01::January::1992 10:11 → permalink

self-portrait at the Center of the Universe, San Luis Valley, Colorado, New Years Day 1992

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self-portrait at Perlan
  • place: Reykjavík, Iceland

24::November::1991 13:50 → permalink

self-portrait at Perlan, Reykjavík, Iceland, November 1991

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self-portrait with Yokono
  • place: Prescott, Arizona

05::August::1990 21:58 → permalink

self-portrait with Yokono, Prescott, Arizona, August 1990

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self-portrait
  • place: Isleford, Maine

07::July::1990 10:50 → permalink

self-portrait, Isleford, Maine, July 1990

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self-portrait (via Andy)
  • place: Peters Valley, New Jersey

30::January::1990 21:16 → permalink

self-portrait (via Andy), Peters Valley, New Jersey, January 1990

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self-portrait at Þingvellir
  • place: Þingvellir, Árnessýsla, Iceland

26::August::1989 14:30 → permalink

self-portrait (by Stefan!) in Þingvellir, Árnessýsla, Iceland, August 1989

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self-portrait with Sebastian in his Citroën DS
  • place: Paris, France

14::July::1989 11:17 → permalink

self-portrait with Sebastian in his Citroën DS, Bastille Day, Paris, France, July 1989

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self-portrait in another bathroom
  • place: Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California

23::March::1989 21:18 → permalink

self-portrait in bathroom, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California, March 1989

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self-portrait in Arby’s bathroom
  • place: en route Boulder, Colorado - Reno, Nevada - Pleasanton, California

17::March::1989 18:13 → permalink

self-portrait in Arby's bathroom, Reno, Nevada, March 1989

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self-portrait in Tsegi Canyon
  • place: Tsegi Canyon, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo, Arizona

28::November::1987 14:13 → permalink

self-portrait in Tsegi Canyon, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo, Arizona, November 1987

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