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| Red Firs at Base of Lower Yosemite Falls, Scratchboard © Bob Hare 2012 |
Journal Entry: June 16, 1975, Lower
Yosemite Falls in Yosemite Valley, Elevation about 4,140'
A beautiful experience! I walked after dusk from our black bear research camp to the base of
the lower Yosemite Falls. The night was warm with a quarter moon trying to
break through an overcast sky. As I neared the falls the sound of the crashing
waters, the rapids and the beautiful silhouetted pine trees filled me with a
wonderful awe.
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| Upper Yosemite Falls, Scratchboard © Bob Hare 2012 |
I climbed among the river boulders and lay down upon a large
flat rock, looking up at the cliffs towering above, the rugged trees and the
powerful presence of the falls which bathed me in a fine mist with each cool
canyon breeze.
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| Lower Yosemite Falls, Scratchboard © Bob Hare 2012 |
The sounds of the cascading waters lulled me into a meditative
state. I felt my fingers becoming a part of the rock they touched—the energy of
the waters was passing through them. A strange and wonderful peace came upon
me.
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| Lower Yosemite Falls © Bob Hare 2012 |
I could not and did not want to move any part of my body. I could no longer
feel my separateness from the earth. Only my slow breathing and the tingling
sensation at the ends of my fingers reminded me of my identity.
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| Mist at Lower Yosemite Falls © Bob Hare 2012 |
In the darkness
of my closed eyes—I was the
stream-boulder and for a moment I was
the water, the sounds, and the breeze-borne mist. I wanted to stay, that
I must remain—I wished only eyes that could hold this Beauty.
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| Mist in Trees at Lower Yosemite Falls © Bob Hare 2012 |
May all Beings be well, happy, and free! May you walk in Beauty! Yours in Peace, Bob
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| May your River Run Free, Brush & Ink © Bob Hare 2012 |
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