2006-08-01 - 12:40 p.m.

"If you want to know what true art is: Go outside on a clear night, wait until it gets very, very dark, then look up! You will see no rules of composition, no evidence of superior technique. Yet, you will be staring into the very face of pure, unadulterated beauty and wonder. That is the unattainable Ideal for which I must constantly strive." ~ Derek R. Audette

This quote reminds me of the night Aaron and I spent in an oasis 13 km out of Chinguetti, in the middle of the Sahara Desert last fall. To this day I have the image forged in my head of the blackest sky dotted by myriads of stars, so close, yet so faraway... a sight I had never had the honor to witness before and one that kept me up for most of the night: I couldn't help the word "amazing" from coming out of my mouth repeatedly throughout the night. No photo could ever grasp it... but it will be locked inside us forever.

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