Mojave Light Musing

(Copyright Diana Shay Diehl. Wonder Valley, California) Abandoned places. We have a love affair with them out here in this desert with imagining the lives lived in the empty shells that remain. The quiet so deep your ears hurt.....where the expanse of sky dwarfs everything....and the solitude and stillness begin to heal...

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”  –  Dorothea Lange My world, softly lit by the magical mojave sun. Welcome to it... I've been wanting to 'do a blog' for some time now. Why? Not sure really. Who would read it? What could I possibly say and show through my camera's lens that would be of interest? I'm not sure that is the point actually. Perhaps this is a catharsis for my own soul ~ a place to muse; to appreciate; to wonder out loud; to perfect how I see and find new ways to appreciate what I trip over every day. Or perhaps I just need a place to meander and see where I end up...  Maybe I can shed some light into your world as well.... I love this photograph ~ a labor of love if you knew the person who created the bottle art lined along the edge of the pit. The November storm was just gathering for a late afternoon shower. The light was perfect that day as clouds raked across the flatlands just east of 29 Palms. Thi...