Eroding and Evolving (after Terry Tempest Williams)

Backtracking in time. How was fall different than now, now, buried in new snowfall, in a supposed reprieve - Covid Phase 2, again.

In the midst of the fall 2020 forest fire season, danced the islands of the Flathead River while kayaking north of Flathead Lake. The colorful cobbles brought life to the yellow-brown hues of the sky. Movement inspired by the clear shallow riffles crossing gravel bars, and the laminar flows across the cobbles. Piles of large wood strewn and buried at this delta, across what seemed like miles. Seems like a delta you'd see at the coast. Imagining of salmon getting to this spot (they did not). The erosion and deposition from upstream (Glacier National Park and environs), that landed here has stories to tell.

This place felt like an offering in the middle of a pandemic the middle of a river in the midst of smoky skies. In the midst of the heartbreak of our times, the water moves, unmoved by our human concerns, and the birds wait for the smoke to clear. Inspired by the photographs of Tim Conner, at http://www.rhubarbskies.net/waterworks-2020/

Quote from Terry Tempest Williams

Song: Oh love - Ryan Herr remix

Artist: Wildlight

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