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Snoqualmie Falls

We spent the night of October 31, 2019, the day the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe closed on purchasing Snoqualmie Falls, the Salish Lodge and Spa. The property was purchased from the Muckleshoot Tribe. The Salish Lodge is managed by Seattle based company Columbia Hospitality.  It is an on-going effort by the tribe to reclaim its traditional land. The purchase was announced the following day on November 1, 2019. We were unaware of this until the media arrived later that morning. It was an honor to witness this historic event.

With the recent passing of David Lynch I was inspired to revisit this picture taken the morning referenced above. Shooting directly into the morning sun was a challenge. On my Flickr account you can see additional images of the falls in the linked folder Moving Water.

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Richard Serra

Richard Serra, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum

The Olympic Sculpture Park on the 9th day of January 2025, in the brilliant, late afternoon Winter light.

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Happy New Year 2025

Pike Place Market with Venus and Moonrise

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Richard Serra, Wake

Richard Serra, Wake

Seen from afar, as in this June 2024 photo, looking down into the Valley, one sees Wake, the 5 element sculpture Richard Serra created between 2002-2004.  As one approaches, walking down a gravel path to the west, or by the stairway, one’s spatial relationship to the sculpture changes, subtle and slow. Even though one knows the general scale of Richard Serra’s monumental sculpture, you sense it growing larger the closer you get to it. I am always amazed and astounded on just how this one sneaks up on you the closer you get to the five elements that comprise Wake; your perceptions are altered. All of the sudden you find yourself within the space, sharing or occupying the same space, only now, once you are there, you are overpowered with the pure sense of something you don’t know, a new experience.

These soft sensuous forms tower over as you move among their bulging, undulating rhythmic surfaces, of corten steel, absorbing the light in the warm glow of the self protecting rusted surfaces. I have been fortunate to visit the sculpture park many times over the years, observing the garden as it matures, seeing it in different seasons, different times of day, different kinds of light, one can look forward to seeing something new with each visit.

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Richard Serra – Olympic Sculpture Park

Regular visits to the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park reveal something new with each visit during different seasons, time of day, weather, light. Late in the afternoon on this autumn day, the light was low in the sky, the Valley where Richard Serra located his sculpture was falling into shadow. The play of light and dark on these sensuous forms invite you in to revel in the mystery of this creation.

 

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