In May of 2006 I was in Las Vegas with another friend of mine for my best friend's 50th birthday. While we were there we went to an exhibit of Ansel Adams photographs. The exhibit was at the Bellagio Hotel and it was organized by the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Near the end of the exhibit I found the following on the wall and wrote it on the pamphlet of the exhibit.
Mantra of Gaelic origin
The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit...it echoes everything I believe:
I know that I am one with beauty
and that my comrades are one.
Let our souls be mountains,
Let our spirits be stars,
Let our hearts be worlds.
- Ansel Adams
and that my comrades are one.
Let our souls be mountains,
Let our spirits be stars,
Let our hearts be worlds.
- Ansel Adams
I ran across the pamphlet the other day. That was the last birthday we celebrated as she passed away 5 months later. I was drawn to this inscription that day and at the time I did not know why. Now I do.
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