Antarctica and Alaska are the source of my photographs for this book. I have traveled there wide eyed like a pilgrim on a sacred journey. I have seen the tip of the iceberg with my lovely friend and associate, artist photographer Ivana Lovincic. To encounter unravished beauty on the earth for only several times may be compared to hearing Bach's Kusnt der Fugue or late Beethoven quartets. The beauty of the earth has many forms from what our raw vision permits to what we have learned to hear by much listening.
We have rounded the globe many times filled with gratitude for the privilege of listening to the music
of GAIA. Mother Earth until it gradually fills our souls.
We all share the web of life from the icy strands of Antartica to the splinters of ice of Alaska. Glittering in the midnight sun, frozrn in the long dark, we shuttle back and forth like tiny spiders spinning the web of life. We tiny humans are oracles of the gods, and our tiny efforts spawn the gigantic earthly paradise we inhabit. It is a sacred gift entrusted to us.
I have spent much of my life celebrating the beauty of the earth and the dignity of human beings with my camera. From the mysteries of quantum physics and metaphysics to the TAO and Eastern philosophy my goal has been spiritual growth and renewed vision, the vision of seers and shamans.
As our immortal spirits and souls are infinite..."And time itself/The magic length of God,"sang Buffy Saint Marie. Salud!