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08-NOV-2007

Tracks, Canyon de Chelly National Park, Arizona, 2007

The key to this image is the abrupt incongruous disappearance of the tire tracks within the reflection. It is as if the towering red cliffs lining the sides of this great canyon have somehow swallowed the vehicle whole. I should have called this image “Journey’s End.”

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Phil Douglis30-Nov-2007 23:35
Thanks, Patricia, for being the first to comment on this image -- one of my favorites from Indian Country. I loved the way the tracks abruptly end as they enter the reflection of the canyon wall. It is abstract in that it leads the imagination of the viewer to wonder where the rest of those tracks are. And it is incongruous because the tracks seem to vanish forever before our eyes.
Patricia Lay-Dorsey30-Nov-2007 22:30
This image is a great example of both abstraction and incongruity!
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