Through The Mist Darkly

Incredibly stunning photography by Kurt Ross.

ARTIST STATEMENT

First and foremost are the special people in my life - and then art. From earliest recollection there was art.

Art has been a rudder to navigate with when there was the danger of being blown off course. It has nurtured sensibilities that I try to apply beyond creative pursuits. It is the immeasurable joy of creating and the inextinguishable wonderment at Creation. Any path through life that did not fully involve art was impossible.

Artistic passion and a fascination for the dynamic forces and ever changing elements of nature, eventually led to photography as my primary mode of artistic expression. These “Impressions of Nature” are my ever-evolving response to this lifelong commitment to the arts, to that consuming need for creative expression, and my tremendous appreciation for natures limitless splendors.

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Back home again. Nice couple of days on the road but it’s always nice to come home. Yesterday, we stopped in New Hamburg to visit with Sandy and Bob Harding. Great lunch and then a quick trip back into Brampton. The cats, as cats will do, greeted us at the door, got some fresh food and water and then promptly ignored us.

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Yesterday was our 21st anniversary. We had dinner in St. Jacob’s at a lovely little restaurant and inn called Benjamin’s. This link will take you to some pictures of our visit.

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This is a picture of one of the blooms on the big Rose of Sharon bush in our backyard. Not really a rose but beautiful just the same. If anyone knows the proper time to trim these things, I’d appreciate you letting me know. It’s in danger of taking over our entire yard.

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A picture from my office just after the power went out last Thursday afternoon. It shows staff members who gathered together to start planning how we were going to handle the emergency. People just kept showing up asking what they could do to help. I work with a great bunch of people!

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The lights are still on (48 hours and counting) and the memory of that dark day is already starting to fade. That is, of course, until tomorrow morning when the authorities advise us that we may start experiencing rotating or “rolling” blackouts. Their concern hinges on what will happen when factories and offices try to return to normal and put a larger load on the electrical grid which is still not fully functional. Not all of the nuclear plants are up and running and we could overload the system again. Here’s hoping that we’ll keep the electrons flowing. I spent too much time at work getting all the IT equipment running and I would like to start my vacation thank you very much.

Everyone’s got stories to tell and it’s funny and somehow touching how things like this bring people together. Standing in line with total strangers, someone will invariably ask you “When did your power come back?”. If we could only strike up conversations as easily when there isn’t some sort of disaster involved.

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Well that was fun. Every so often, you just need to be reminded
how dependent we are on the trappings of modern society. It’s old
news by now that we experienced a massive power failure in Ontario
and parts of the US on Thursday (at 4:11p.m. EST to be percise.
I was at work and, as some of you know, I’m responsible for IT for
a large Logistics company with offices across Canada. Bang, we’re
dead. I just came back from work where we’ve finally got to the
point that about 99% of our systems and communications are back on
line. I expect everything to stabilize by tomorrow so I can finally
start my week of vacation

Here at home, we lost power for over 23 hours and we’ve had it back
now for almost 1 complete day. The authorities are warning us that
rolling blackouts can be expected for the next week so we’re really
keeping our fingers crossed.

This link takes you to the Toronto Star’s coverage of the event.

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If you’re an aviation buff like me, you’ll find lots to look
at here

I’m not trying to be a ghoul here but I’ve always been amazed
by the whole flying experience. I have a few friends who
are commerical pilots and this site just reinforces my
belief that their job is one of the toughest in the world.

Check out the transcripts of cockpit voice recordings to
get a glimpse of what’s its like for them to have a
“bad day at the office”.

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Everyone likes pretty pictures right?
Here’s some links to some photo essays on the net.

Let’s start with Rain Forest Ecology
Beautiful shots of examples of the Earth’s most fragile treasure.

Next we travel to Mongolia
Patrick Sommer was with the Peace Corps in Mongolia from 1996 to 1998.
Site also has some interesting links.

Someday I’d love to travel to the Yosemite Valley
For now, I’ll have to make do with these marvellous images.

Madasgascar is known for its biodiversity.
Unfortunately this is being threatened by man’s encroachment.

The camera records ugliness as well as beauty. These images from The Vietnam War
show the horror that was that little “Police Action”.

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