The Invitation

(Looking SE across Lahar (mud flow) - 6 miles SE of Mount St. Helen's, Washington - photo by Frank Gohlke)

“The determination to know a particular place, in my experience, is consistently rewarded. And every natural place, to my mind, is open to being known. And somewhere in this process a person begins to sense that they themselves are becoming known. . . This reciprocity, to know and be known, reinforces a sense that one is necessary in the world.”

~Barry Lopez