Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence
A Pilgrimage, ft. <PERSON> (49/63)
Stan pays tribute to esteemed writer and literary jack of all trades <PERSON> (Women in Love) with a visit to a shrine dedicated in his honor within Taos, New Mexcio for the final part of the Visions in Meditation series, one that respects the memory of <PERSON> not in any direct connection to the artist, but rather in the writer's perspective of hostility towards fixity and finality, as <PERSON> gamely photographs the sights around New Mexico, the church-tops, the grains of desert sand, the eerie iridescent moon, in a totally manic, free-form jumping around of images that reflects every aspect <PERSON> had picked up on his prior journeys thus far, the expressiveness of documenting New England, the resolution of letting oneself go through fear and chaos in Mesa Verde, the philosophy in recontextualizing Carlsbad, all find themselves lost yet never dazed, skimming through the streaks of desert, catching mere glimpses of animal life like horses and other humans, it's about as oblique a travel program as you can get and it fits in perfectly with <PERSON>'s (albeit disagreeable at times) philosophies, of being come-and-go and refusing to soak in any clear images of the beady sun or the glowing aura the sunset casts upon the mountains, merely in a flash of cross-cutting, existing in the absolute apex of the transcendence that escape the small, insular rooms and towns of one's upbriging or delocation, of throwing caution to the wind and bearing witness to the mystical visions found in the snowy tundras, the modest lakeside towns, the creepy remains of long-gone civilizations, the smoky tourist traps, the long fall into earthly crevices, and the tornado of imprints that every location has the possibility to leave behind (I mean, granted, traveling isn't the solution to everyone's problems, but it doesn't hurt to break away from the monotony of home-grown existence from time to time). A fitting tribute to a controversial author, and a satisfying finale to the many cluster-shapes that make up the world when we agree to embark on that transient journey from "Here" to "There". 464