Cloudscapes

Hale'akala and Mauna Kea are two of the most sacred peaks in Hawai'i. Located at elevations higher than 10,000 feet, the summits of these peaks are almost always above the cloud cover. Here, the sun rises from, and sets into the cloud cover - something I had never witnessed before, except from airplane windows. The result is a constantly changing 'cloudscape'.

The interplay of these constantly changing cloud patterns and the light of the rising or setting sun is impossible to capture in any meaningful way. The pictures below are but a representation of experiences too powerful to even describe, much less photograph.

To be there and witness these moments, is to gain some insight into how certain places might have come to be regarded as sacred to begin with!

The Grass Project

I have been meaning to put these photographs up on the blog for a while but did not have the right words that would resonate my thoughts to describe them. I heard this beautiful song from the motion picture soundtrack of 'Away We Go' and thought was evocative of what I might would have wanted to say.

See the clouds are creeping towards the sun
and I'm slipping away
I'm seen by anyone
the light it turning grey
the day is done
The water is so cold
and heavy on my mind
I dreamed of walking with you
but I fell behind
looking for a road
I could not find
 

And now the ice is starring
and spring is near
there is no one calling
but the sound is clear
no, I'm not yet gone 

I'm still not here