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I always want to refine my sensitivity from the bottom of
my heart that allows me to feel what Nature may show me. The
sensitivity cannot be refined too much in any meaning to get
better, and I believe that anyone can keep working hard to
let it shine with an easy method which is to keep going into
Nature with respects and with an open heart again and again.
I strongly believe that my sensitivity as "my character"
or "myself" is constantly being polished in a way
I feel comfortable with by being out there, getting occasional
sand baths, being scared by thunder lightenings and not being
able to get a single shot of photograph, having muscle cramps
while walking or a day after, having a piece of a tinny sand
on a film which leaves a proof of its existence clearly on
it, being encouraged by coyotes hauling just before sunset,
and tasting various conditions, scenes, weather, temperature,
air, perception, significance, and fear, at the Great Sand
Dunes which I have chosen to work with for my Life Work. For
I cannot expect what I may see but am very interested in going
out there, without much thinking of what I should be filming,
I will just go out there and wait for a moment looking at
the sand dunes. Shadows appear when sinking sun goes down
to a certain height in the western sky on the other side of
San Luis Valley burning the surfaces of the sand dunes in
orange and red colors, pouring out unmeasurable amount of
energy from the earth, and I sense an invisible power scattered
everywhere to symbolize the greatness of Nature..
Is it selflessness? I keep shooting in a scenery feeling
impressed appreciatively looking at what I see through the
finder of my camera. I choose a location and wait for a moment
to take a photograph that my feeling being there stays within.
Mule deer stand up in the sand sheet area among sage brushes
and watch me taking pictures. A lone coyote shows up in surprise
by my side and quickly turns its back to run away. It is limited
to work with what I see in the environment where I am allowed
to live, however, it is unlimited for pictures I take. How
far can I go? It probably is how Nature accepts my existence
there instead of being up to me.
[Photo inserted are Mountain Goats, Mount Evans, Colorado and Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve,
Mosca, Colorado - Head image is Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National
Park, Utah]
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