Trip 9 - California Dreamin'

On this trip we set out to immerse ourselves in the culture and the nature of California. To discover its textures and see some of its natural wonders. We discover that California is very big. It is not a state that you can just pass through, it is, more than any other place we have visited, more like another country. It is a land dominated by mountains, the spaces between and like nowhere else, water.
Our start in the heavily populated area to the East of Los Angeles, known as the Inland Empire, is crowded into the lowlands surrounded by magnificent mountains. The feeling is of a cauldron which is trying to boil over the mountains to the fresh air of the rest of the state.
To the South is a band of Desert, which is the buffer to Mexico, which we did not explore on this trip.
We travelled North through the mountains (everywhere in California you can see mountains) to the desert, and on again to the huge Central Valley, mile after mile of intensive agriculture. Culture here is dominated by food, flatness, low income and trying to impact on the 'sameness' of the flat lands through music and festival. It is the communication and administrative corridor that links all other areas of California.
To the East is the huge mountain chain of the Sierra Nevada which clearly demonstrates the magnificence of the natural world, both in its geology and nature, reflected in the pysche and pride of most Californians. It is Eldorado, dominated by Gold!
To the West of the Central Valley are the coastal mountains, San Francisco and the magnificent coast. More isolated cultures, from mixed resources, communities seperated by mountains.
To the North of the Central Valley more mountains and a culture which looks more North towards Oregon than South to Sacremento.
This blog details our journey through California, where we pick and choose, or just scratch the surface, of this diverse and beautiful state.

Friday, November 4, 2011

I think that we all enjoy waves.

I think that we all enjoy waves.
The thing about waves is that as you watch them they become something different, as they reflect or enhance the thoughts, moods and emotion through which you are interpreting what you see.
Though the photographer plans for the picture to try to demonstrate those feelings, photographs cannot demonstrate the meaning of a wave after it has been filtered by your mindset. It can only present the evidence, hoping that the viewer will become involved in looking for the reason for a picture. Having sat for some time watching waves the photos try to demonstrate my feelings.
They also say something about how magnificently energy organises the water in waves. At the same time how the power of that energy is at the same time directed and chaotic.

Posted by fastrak at 8:12 AM

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