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John Muir

The Love Of Words – The Words Of Love

April 12, 2022 by bofaw Leave a Comment

( Easter Messages from Peter Roget and Sir Isaak Newton) “Measured on the vast scale of the universe, the globe we inhabit appears but as an atom; and yet within the compass of this atom, what an inexhaustible variety of objects is contained; what and endless diversity of phenomena is presented; what wonderful changes are … [Read more…]

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John Muir—Silence—Grand Canyon

October 23, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“And where better to grasp in one panoramic sweep the reality of time and change but on the rim of the Grand Canyon, the world’s greatest geological gash?” – “The Thread Of Life,” by Roger Lewin. GRAND CANYON is also, arguably, the greatest page of biological history and therefore the greatest biological “laboratory” on planet … [Read more…]

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John Muir—Professor Butler—Kything

October 7, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

The word “kything” became more widely known in 1973 when Madeleine L’Engle published, A Wind in the Door. Evidently she was looking for a term that described soul-to-soul communion and found the word, “kythe” in an 1856 Scottish Dictionary. I was elated by the glorious synchronicity that, although I don’t recall John Muir ever using … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Half Dome, John Muir, Kything, rainbow, Yosemite Temple

John Muir—Shakespeare—Mysteries of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

August 26, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“No amount of word-making will ever make a single soul to know these mountains. As well seek to warm the naked and frost-bitten by lectures on caloric and pictures of flame. One day’s exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books.” JM In three simple, expository lines Muir opened a window to his soul. … [Read more…]

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St. John of the Mountains

April 16, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Happy 181st Birthday John Muir: April 21, 1838 After whimsically describing John Muir as, “St. John of the Mountains,” I have come to suspect the designation may have been more Jungian and less whimsy. If so, his elevation to sainthood may not be an unrealistic overreach. In many ways he lived like an ascetic monk, … [Read more…]

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John Muir and a Sea of Wildflowers

April 3, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

There are religious scholars who believe that John Muir was sent as God’s messenger to interpret and describe the wonders and miracles of the wilderness. Conversely, there are secular scientists who assert that his life is a testament of the unlimited creativity of random genetic combinations without involvement with a Supreme Being. However, what they … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, Biodesign Out For A Walk, God's wildness, John Muir, John Muir vision, super bloom, The Mountains of California

John Muir—Total Lunar Eclipse Over Half Dome And Beyond

January 7, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Among perhaps the three greatest American Naturalists, John Muir was clearly the wildest. He “walked-the-walk and talked-the-talk” throughout vast areas of unspoiled wilderness. He experienced and described marvels, wonders and miracles that R.W. Emerson and H.D. Thoreau could not envision in their widest imagination. Emerson chose to write from the comfort of his office desk. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Half Dome, John Muir, lunar eclipse, Mark Salvetrin

Ansel Adams-Horsetail Fall-Lori Evensen-Biodesign ‘79

March 13, 2017 by bofaw 1 Comment

Although I have never met Dr. Michael Adams, son of Ansel Adams, our spirits were recently engaged in a splendid synchronicity that began nearly 40 years ago. It involves a revolutionary advanced biology class that I was privileged to participate in at St. Helena High School in the Napa Valley. It was revolutionary because the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Ansel Adams, Biodesign class, Horsetail Falls, John Muir, Lori Evensen, spirituality, synchronisities, Yosemite

Yosemite Horsetail Fall-Quintessence-Aristotle

March 6, 2017 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“So you went to the Louvre: What did you see? After the first Artist Only the copyist.” – Renny Russel: “On The Loose.”   It is intriguing to wonder what the Ahwahnechee Indians must have thought when they observed Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall. It is quite likely that, because of when, where and how they lived, … [Read more…]

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Happy 2017 with Michelangelo and John Muir

January 3, 2017 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Michelangelo is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. If his goals in life had been lower, the world would never have known his “David” and “Pieta” statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes. He was a painter, architect and sculptor and dedicated his life to getting as close to the creative power … [Read more…]

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