#organ mountains

[strangest-beauty]

My father grew up in this beautifully rugged landscape

Organ Mountains, Las Cruces, New Mexico

[odontomancy]

[xodessii]

#organmountains #lascruces #newmexico

[nmnomad]

Photographer 📸 Charlie Lansche, aka @charlie_lansche on Instagram - "Of Wind and Fire. I went for a hike last evening to explore the backside of our local mountain range with low hopes of making an image. Conditions were harsh with heavy wind gusts and spatters of rain and sleet. Fast moving clouds raked the mountain peaks. And when the sky began to unexpectedly fire up, I struggled to find a composition beneath these massive granite spires. I held down my tripod so it wouldn’t blow over and shot with an ISO and shutter speed much higher than I normally would in order to freeze the wind-blown movement of the grass, sotol, and desert scrub. The reward was one of the most dynamic skies I’ve seen here in Southern New Mexico. I love exploring — and coming home with an image and a memory is simply the frosting. Wishing you all a great weekend!"

[placesyoushouldsee]

The basset perspective

[lockvogel]

Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Guardian. This old tree has long since bit the dust. But on the Pine Tree Trail she’s a maker to all those who have been along the trail before. Tall and defiant she stands but I always wonder what she looked like full of leaves. Only the cowboys and natives know now. In the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Doña Ana Co, NM. Photo: Taylor Axtell (Aug 2023) :: [Robert Scott Horton]

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There is a pattern to the universe and everything in it, and there are knowledge systems and traditions that follow this pattern to maintain balance, to keep the temptations of narcissism in check. But recent traditions have emerged that break down creation systems like a virus, infecting complex patterns with artificial simplicity, exercising a civilizing control over what some see as chaos. The Sumerians started it. The Romans perfected it. The Anglosphere inherited it. The world is now mired in it. The war between good and evil is in reality an imposition of stupidity and simplicity over wisdom and complexity.

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta[via alive on all channels]

[stormbearworld]

Organ Mountains, New Mexico