Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

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There are natures of the mystical,
contemplative order who seek insi'nc-
lively to correlate their scenery with
some mood or aspiration of their inner
life-who are not satisfied tin they
have linked it on somewhere intelli-
gibly with their deepest being. writes
Algermon Blackwood in Country Life.
Before a given landscape, that rs, they
find the explanation ofthe.r by
translating the color, distance. conior-
nation and so forth unto definite spir-
itual sensations; passing thus, with
out too great confusion. from the finite
to the infinite. Until this is success
fully accomplished there is sense of
disquietude almost of pain; the love
liness blinds. But, once that inner
key is found, the result Is peace; the
beauty becomes comprehensive with
a personal message as it we're. They
dramatic the view in the terms Of
soul; doors open; wells lift. there
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The kind of scenery that best does
this varies, of course, with individ-
ual temperament. For some the great
plains, or the mystery Of forests; for
others, again-the majority. perhaps,
the grandeur and terror OF mountains.
But to all who understand this profess
of mind the world appears as the ex-
preston of something spiritual and
alive, and common objects become a
source of vivid revelation. Such per
sons endow common objects with
something of their own life nothing
seems quite the same once their trans.
forming imagination has looked upon
It,
To me, personally, however, it al
ways seems that the kind of scenery
which. more than any other, admits
Of this transformation, of this spirit
ual alchemy, is the scenery of cloud
and sky. There is that about it which
suffers the change without violence
It belongs. really, to the same cate
CORY as the vast scenery of dreams
to that which is phantasmal, protean
infinitely fine; capable of interpreting
the gentlest moods of the soul. as wei
as her great terrors. Cloud-scenery
especially when sketched against biz
mountains, has the two qualities o
expressing immense power and exceed
ing delicacy; power, by means o
sheer size, depth and grandeur o
form; delicacy, by the silken tracer.
Of the torn edges that float away int
the viewless air. Cloud-scener
touches all notes IA the scale. run
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emotions. The mind wanders delight
fully beyond the confines Of sense int
!, the region Of unrealities; but the soil
background of the mountains bring
it back again. and supplies the sui
stantial foundation from which sue
dreams may be INDUCED without foo
ishness. Phantasy, thus rooted IL, r,
ality. is surely an exercise Of the In
againation that produces useful, nc
harmful. results. To be "in the clouds
among the mountains is an exper
ence of value, but to be among IN
mountains and above the clond
comes to many as almost an entirel
new revelation The whole strana
world of dreams slides across the f-ol
tier into waking life. The result Is
kind Of exquisite bewllderment.
The immensely Of cloud scenery hs
already been noticed. Let the eye q
q June day travel up and down tn
blue lanes Of sky between the masse.
9 and with the eye send also the ina
nation. The gradual comprehensive
of the piled and heaped-up vapou
holds in the end something that a
pals.
In the high Alps the wind curren
y that for ever suck through the De-
valleys marshal the details with
wildering effects; the black depth