"... Historically, artists have been employed by leading institutions to bring emotional truth to established principles. Yet in our new global society, no institution has the wide acceptance to create values and directions for the majority of people. Markets in free societies are rapidly replacing governments and religious institutions as regulators of the highest authority, and markets perform without values; they do not converse in a human tongue. The arts can break new ground here, bringing human consciousness to bear on these flows of product and capital, energizing our interpersonal connections, and opening new doors for invention and practice."
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I'm sitting in a coffeehouse in Payson, AZ. It is mid-day, and we'll be driving a couple more hours to the AZ/NM border to camp at altitude tonight and tomorrow. Sunday, we arrive at the house in Cliff, NM. We have been having a great time, but are very happy to be returning to light-switches and running water on demand.
Rich Kurczak - 6/23/06

Yampa River - about 200 yards from where it meets the Green River at Echo Park at the bottom of Dinosaur Monument/Wilderness.

A hike into an old, abandoned homestead about 1 mile from the Echo Park Campground
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Shadows as we returned from the homestead hike

View of a valley from a peak outside of Escalante, UT in the Grand Staircase wilderness.