Just returned from a trip! Traveling with a professional photographer doesn't inspire me to take too many pictures of my own, but maybe that is a good thing because it forced me to process the journey inwardly and I ended up doing a fair amount of writing along the way.
Something about wilderness forces me to strike that balance between discipline and lightness. There are so many ideas, lessons, life practices that float like clouds above my head in an urban setting. It would be nice to be disciplined, nice to be fearless, nice to smile genuinely in the midst of extreme challenge. For me, the wilderness is a place to be those things—to not just anticipate my best self, but to be her.
Something about wilderness forces me to strike that balance between discipline and lightness. There are so many ideas, lessons, life practices that float like clouds above my head in an urban setting. It would be nice to be disciplined, nice to be fearless, nice to smile genuinely in the midst of extreme challenge. For me, the wilderness is a place to be those things—to not just anticipate my best self, but to be her.
