At 35,000 feet above the United States, I felt like a
Paleolithic artist entering the dark caves of Lascaux to paint sacred scratchings on the rock
walls. But instead of a flaming
torch and earthly pigments to create my images, I used modern cave painting
tools: a Boeing 737-900 and a Nikon D800.
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| First snow just east of the Cascade Mountains, Washington. |
Regardless of the tools, photographing from window seat 30A
on Alaska flight 730, headed from Seattle to Houston, the view put me into a
meditative perspective, like a deep dreamless Dream State. Gliding beneath me was
Mother Earth scratched and tattooed by man with temporary markings.
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| Crop circles just north of the mighty Columbia River, Washington. |
From that window seat, I reflected on the Gospel of Thomas where
Jesus responded to his disciples when they asked “When will the Kingdom come?”
“Jesus said: It will not come by expectation; they will not
say: ‘See, here,’ or “See there.’ But the Kingdom of the Father is spread upon
the earth and men do not see it.”
That’s what I saw from Alaska Flight 730.
