I visited the Atacama briefly in 2008. Long to return -- if only vicariously through your interesting journals. A desert is land stripped of much of the clutter of human existence, where we are just poor, bare, forked animals ... unaccommodated man.
Im very envious. Some of our favourite places have been deserts - top of the Sahara, driving across Iran and Afghanistan, Namibia, walking and sleeping out around Wadi Rum (and of course reading Seven Pillars). They all have histories and are not as empty as they might seem.
Hope you've both landed safely. The Atacama Desert sounds as though it will be extraordinarily fruitful for you. Looking forward to your bulletins and reflections!
I visited the Atacama briefly in 2008. Long to return -- if only vicariously through your interesting journals. A desert is land stripped of much of the clutter of human existence, where we are just poor, bare, forked animals ... unaccommodated man.
Absokutely, Jennifer. I think it would do a lot of people good to spend some time in them for precisely the reasons you mention.
Im very envious. Some of our favourite places have been deserts - top of the Sahara, driving across Iran and Afghanistan, Namibia, walking and sleeping out around Wadi Rum (and of course reading Seven Pillars). They all have histories and are not as empty as they might seem.
Looking forward very much to the missives.
Hope you've both landed safely. The Atacama Desert sounds as though it will be extraordinarily fruitful for you. Looking forward to your bulletins and reflections!