#desertsolitaire

"Deeper by Far" is a new 5”x5” painting inspired by this quote from Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey: “…out there is a different world, older and greater and deeper by far than ours, a world which sustains the little world of man as sea and sky surround and sustain a ship.” ----- It's headed to LA Art Show with Abend Gallery (Booth 1033) in February. A full preview goes out to my mailing list in a couple weeks, so sign up before then for early access to the complete set of ~10 paintings (https://hilaryclarcq.com/newsletter).

The world you live in. Credit: DesertSolitaire

"A weird, lovely, fantastic object out of nature like the Delicate Arch has the curious ability to remind us--like rock and sunlight and wind and wilderness--that out there is a different world, older and greater and deeper by far than ours, a world which surrounds and sustains the little world of men as sea and sky surround and sustain a ship. For a little while we are again able to see, as a child sees, a world of marvels. For a few moments we discover that nothing can be taken for granted, for if this ring of stone is marvelous then all which shaped it is marvelous, and our journey here on earth, able to see and touch and hear in the midst of tangible and mysterious things-in-themselves, is the most strange and daring of all adventures."

This is a great book, first published in 1968. Still accurate, like all great thinkings. The time you'll take to read these two pages won't be wasted. 📖🌿✨ #DesertSolitaire #EdwardAbbey #PeterParnall @touchstonebooks #ArchesNationalPark #CitationDuJour #QuoteOfTheDay #Atmosphère #Supernatural #WonderLand #Vivant #WildWildWest #BazArtBizArt #WIP #NK #NouchKa #фrev #KazbahBlanka #TantÀtaire #SoMuchToHush #SpringTime #ZelmaLand https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVouKuI-3q/?igshid=1cksfmte1a85u

Slickrock Sunset #desertsolitaire #livingaspen @donordudes #livelifegivelife (at Moab, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwx-h6kl27X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ftx48coew747

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds~ Edward Abbey Indeed this wonderful trail lead to Chandrataal (The Moon Lake), They say the lake represents two lovers Chandra and Suraj Taal who were never approved and they eloped upon reaching this lake. The route taken by Chandra is nowadays a popular trekking route from Baralacha Pass. #desertsolitaire #edwardabbey #chandrataal #trails #trekinhills #hiking #trekkersofindia #trekkersforlife #mountainperson #lake #moonlake #spiti #spitivalley #myth #beauty #natureclicks #khushboo_bh #loveoneself #lovelife❤️ #inlovewithspiti (at The Moon Lake Chandrataal)

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. - May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets’ towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, - where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you, - beyond that next turning of the canyon walls. - #edwardabbey #desertsolitaire - I don’t know about you but I feel like Edward Abbey wrote this for me.

Diamond in the rough #nofilterneeded #cactus #bloom #desertsolitaire #perfection (at Joshua Tree National Park)