Like music, this hike seems to possess a continuous, unified, and evocative composition. A total integration of sensory information. The melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre of this land stabs at my heart. Such perfection in design is no accident. Such precise interplay of light, color, and form can be no accident.
Artists struggle to capture that which already exists.
They attempt to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the splendid work of nature. I go not to seek the obvious but to touch the ethereal, intangible qualities. Total mastery of control, emotion and presentation. Eloquence and perfection of execution. The similarities are astounding.