I’ve always loved the picture on the cover of “The Artist’s Way” by Julie Cameron. I bought the book when it first came out around almost twenty years ago.
We traveled to Yellowstone National Park 10 years ago, my husband, little girl, and I. We drove to see the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. As I turned towards the Lower Falls (Snake River) I couldn’t believe my eyes. There was the sketch of the original cover of “The Artist’s Way.” It was more than spectacular…It was surreal. I snapped some pictures and anxiously waited for the film to be developed. (Remember cameras that needed film?)
This is the best picture I took.
I recently located this photo in a container that has been in storage. I pulled up the author’s website and saw the book cover. Not being able to see it up close I was surprised that I though the artist’s sketch was of this part of Yellowstone. It looks more like somewhere in Japan. Did I focus on a particular part of the sketch? Am I deluded? Hmmmm…I must give this more thought…
Nevertheless, this piece of Yellowstone is amazing!
I love the way images and landscape can have different meanings at different times of our lives.
Lovely image. (My edition of TAW has a Chinese painting of a formation of cranes in front of a single snow-capped mountain.)
I think my old copy did too. I must have zeroed in on part of it or maybe I’m just plain crazy! (Probably the latter.)