THE ORIGINALS EXIST ON THE MOUNTAIN
09/16/08 09:11
Today the roads and trails to the peak of Mount Livermore are impassable. It has been raining for days. Creeks are overflowing. Roads are washed out. What is usually short, dry, tan and brittle is now long, wet, green and lush. It seems to change before your eyes. Mount Livermore and its’ sky island community of mountains are vigorous, colorful, rich and sweet. The surrounding high desert plain is green grassland. The mountain generously offers up new and unique possibilities at every moment. All creative options are open and available. Within this gated community the cycles of nature are protected and preserved. The community celebrates what is free and abundant in nature. It also celebrates what is significant, valuable and useful so I am reminded that within the fences and gates exists a museum dedicated to the study of natural processes and a home maintained for living creatures other than human beings. The originals exist on the mountain. I can imagine a parallel museum--a structure filled with reproductions of mountain artifacts rather than actual artifacts in an effort to leave the mountain intact and protected from all but the slightest disturbances.