Canyon Reflection

Slot Canyon©

Earth surrenders

        Crevice slices deep

       Light shaft pierces

Dark

         Holy Space

     Slow down the mind

Relax into awe

Be still

Be

Soul-ride the light

              Out of the hidden canyon

                                        Max

   Nearly twenty years ago I took these pictures in Antelope Canyon. Alluvial erosion and fast-flowing flash floods have, over millennia, sculpted natural corridors through the soft sandstone. Even on an overcast day, shards of light manage their way down to illuminate the dark. I found the scene fascinating then.

  Today, I've come to see the light in the canyon as a metaphor for life and most helpful in the darkest days. The first century mystic reminds us, "...The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness: the darkness couldn't put it out."

(John 1:5 The Message)