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Basin of Indifference

 Desert places are older than human history. Humankind's sedimentary layer in the geological record is very small, very thin. Deserts have a huge depth of substance  and will continue to evolve and contribute to the planet long after our species has disappeared from the record. Being in the desert has a remarkable and renowned quality of enabling us to transcend our material world.  These desolate dry places teach us acceptance and patience. We are all connected by one long, evolving story. Every particle of us is part of every other particle of the natural world. The desert is indifferent to our personal lives. It requires that you leave your ‘self’ and your body and become part of something much bigger, linked to an evolving intrinsic source.

Jo Bertini: Deep in Land
  1. Wayfinding
  2. Fever Trees
  3. The Water Tree of Doubtful Creek
  4. Wind Swimming Sierra Negra's Upside Down Country
  5. Breath of the Last Wild River
  6. A Geography of Mythologies and Lost Little Histories
  7. Saguaro Creek in Hollow Land
  8. Salt Creep Telling Stories
  9. Storm Birds
  10. Dark Sky Park Approaching Nowhere
  11. Two Boys Dreaming
  12. Hunting for Darkness
  13. Basin of Indifference
  14. Call and Response from the Last Frontier (Night Heron)
  15. Dryland Reef
  16. Scar Tree - 'The Love of Man is a Weed of the Waste Places' (Randolph Stow)
  17. Tracing Red Jasper - Water Witching and Spirit Stones
  18. Blood Moon Birthing Tree
  19. Badlands - A Deliberate Forgetting
  20. Wasteland Nursery