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Very Grand Canyon

wp364 01 GC vista east 1200Recently I was on a plane and saw the Grand Canyon from above — a sight so new to me I didn’t realize what I was seeing. It simply looked like an astonishingly deep crevasse in the earth with a great number of veins squiggling out from its gaping mouth. wp364 02 GC vista w feet 1200
Then I got to see it up close for the first time on foot. wp364 03 GC vista north2 1200
Not only was it vast wp364 04 GC vista w rock ledge 1200
and beautifully stark, wp364 05 GC vista down2 1200
but it showed off creation in a new way for me. wp364 06 GC vista w gnarled tree2 1200
A way that was difficult to put into words, wp364 07 GC vista w pines 1200
unwieldy to photograph — wp364 08 GC w front flowers 1200
I simply had to let the experience seep into me. wp364 09 GC vista w gnarled tree1 1200
Sometimes during prayer no words come. wp364 10 GC tree w hole 1200
Spirit lets out a groan, sigh or even a little squeal of delight. wp364 11 GC ice trail Bright Angel 1200
The views were literally breath-taking, they took the breath from my lungs — drew it from my very being — and released it out into the wilderness. wp364 12 GC vista down1 1200
That was how I became a part of my surroundings, wp364 13 GC vista north1 1200
part of God’s glorious aesthetic sense — wp364 14 GC vista rock foreground 1200
unified — wp364 15 GC vista w gnarled tree3 1200
with All.

Photos © Sondra Sula.

Take a walk with me by reading my daily devotional book, Meditations on Mendocino by Sondra Sula. Available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle versions.

If you’d prefer a daily river walk, Reflections on the Fox River and Beyond by Sondra Sula, might just be the book for you.

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Salt Point Sculpting

wp347 01 tafoni11 vista 20211005 1200Tafoni is the name of the honeycombed lacework decorating rocks at Salt Point State Park in Sonoma County, California. wp347 02 tafoni4 clumps 20211005 1200
Just when I think creation can’t get any better, I am once again astounded. wp347 03 tafoni3 2 protrusions 20211005 1200
The precarious shapes, wp347 04 tafoni8 cross 20211005 1200
complex patterns wp347 05 tafoni10 20211005 1200
and paper-thin ridges seem so . . . un-rocklike. wp347 06 tafoni9 beginning 20211005 1200
And there’s a sense of time passing in large chunks as my eye wanders from the beginning stages of tafoni forming like a topographical map wp347 07 tafoni6 flat 20211005 1200
emerging in three dimensions wp347 08 tafoni2 w sky 20211005 1200
and protruding outwards. wp347 09 tafoni1 20211005 1200
But the exact opposite is happening; wind and salt are wearing away the stone. The Great Sculptor is removing to create. wp347 10 tafoni5 crest 20211005 1200
What do I need carefully cut away to let my beauty emerge? wp347 11 tafoni7 w Pacific 20211005 1200
Much of what I cling to is unnecessary. Dare I let the Great Sculptor work on me?

Photos © Sondra Sula.

Take a walk with me by reading my most recent daily devotional book, Meditations on Mendocino by Sondra Sula. Available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle versions.

If you’d prefer a daily river walk, Reflections on the Fox River and Beyond by Sondra Sula, might just be the book for you.