The Moral Of Mazes

Jacqueline du Pré : Bach~~Cello Suites 1 and 2

That labyrinth
became a world
whose rules I lived by,
and I understood
the moral of mazes:
sometimes
you have to
turn your back
on your goal
to get there,
sometimes
you're farthest away
when you're closest,
sometimes
the only way
is the long one.

After that careful walking
and looking down,
the stillness
was deeply moving...
It was breathtaking
to realize
that in the labyrinth,
metaphors and meanings
could be conveyed spatially.
That when you seem
farthest from your destination
is when you suddenly arrive
is a very pat truth in words,
but a profound one
to find with your feet.

--Rebecca Solnit
Wanderlust

WOTANS THRONE
OUTSIDE HANCE CANYON
GRAPEVINE CANYON
SEVENTY-FIVE MILE CANYON
CLEAR CREEK CANYON
INDIAN PAINTBRUSH