Dirt Doesn’t Hurt

Inspiration

As I crouched down, my clothes, fingernails, and backpack dug into the slightly moist dirt. There were a few bats.

Zruiah Ascent to Mishmar Epic Desert Trek

We watched as a pack of ibex ran wildly down the side of the cliff, as if to mock our careful ascent along the difficult terrain.

Inspiration

I lower one foot down, searching for solid rock, while the other holds tight to higher ground in ballet stance.

Inspiration

At around 7:00 PM, it looks and feels like midnight outside in my cold and quiet mountaintop town.

All together, the picture they formed looked like the Emerald Palace, a wall of tawny bricks that towered into the sky.