From: Clay (wcharmon@wt.net)
Date: 12/21/02-09:28:44 AM Z
Hi Sam:
Those photos are great. I think your point about a southern
mentality/esthetic may be as much an eastern mountains sensibility. The
Appalachians just don't have the grand sweeping vistas that the arid
rocky west enjoys. What you see is generally just a few feet away from
where you stand. Any hiking done in the mountains is like walking
through a green tunnel (in the summer, of course). There are a few
places where you do get the big picture, but they are scattered. I took
a month-long hike on the AT some years ago, and I remember going days
without seeing the whole hemisphere of the sky.
One question: Does the person who cuts your mats still return your
phone calls?
Clay
On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 09:03 AM, S Wang wrote:
> At 8:34 AM -0800 12/21/02, Shannon Stoney wrote:
>
>> I guess I should turn the same analysis on myself. Why do I like
>> smaller,
>> less sweeping views? I think because I have a sort of naturalist's
>> relationship to the land around here. I was a farmer and a
>> land-protector
>> before I became a photographer. I look close, at the plants and
>> rocks as
>> individuals. Sometimes I wonder if there might be spirits associated
>> with
>> them; like maybe each tree has its own dryad, really and truly.
>
> Sounds very much like a description of what I like. Maybe it's the
> South. Check this out. Not the best reproduction, but:
> http://nantahalareview.org/
>
> Sam
>
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