An indigenous Mesoamerican myth describes the discovery and opening of a mountain filled with maize, capable of providing sustenance to the people of the world. Nonetheless, hundreds of years after this event would have occurred, we continue to hunger— physically, emotionally, spiritually. The images and text of this blog will relay my own quest to understand the world around me through observation and reflection on the people and places encountered during my wanderings— people also searching, in a variety of ways, to partake of life’s bounty.
The first photograph I took which received a positive response outside of the classroom was this one. I remember sending it off in the mid 1990’s to a contest called Alligator Juniper with great hopes which came to fruition when it won first place. The following year, I submitted another photograph to the same contest and was recognized again (but with a less significant ranking). Competitive gene mostly sated, I don’t know if I’ve entered more than a contest or two since.