the scent of creosote and sage. left with a strong impression, impressed upon. tectonic rules. ever-changing skies. days linked together only by a sense of depth. going deeper. continuous upheaval. lost bearings. we sank beneath the surface and lived amid the wreckage of former worlds. we headed off into these worlds. down dirt roads. down into the earth. below the lines. forgotten spaces. ancient lake beds. linkage of histories. rendered speechless, irrelevant. dislocated. left in awe. setting out again. and again. uncertainty reigns this kind of journey. seemingly endless. it was one of certain exposure. dry. cities, fearless and blind. teetering at the brink of extinction. falling out. dead already. situated desert. proximity and distance become interchangeable. anomalies. distinctly located at the edges. edges of ourselves, the landscape - and comprehension. summoning up. delving into the earth. shafts. formations. cavities. chambers. caverns. depressions. batholiths. calderas. great risings and sinkings of land. all rock and mineral salts. invisible forces. animal instincts. rising miracles. mysteries. dislocations. extensions. we arrived here and are no longer the same.

"Let me tell you a story. For all I have is a story...Told for the joy it gives the storyteller and the listener. Joy inherent in the process of storytelling. Whoever understands it also understands that a story, as distressing as it can be in its joy, never takes anything away from anybody. Its name, remember, is Joy...something must be said. Must be said that has not been and has been said before, 'It will take a long time, but the story must be told.' It will take a long time for living cannot be told, not merely told...Understanding, however, is creating, and living, such an immense gift that thousands of people benefit from each past or present life being lived. The story depends upon every one of us to come into being... May my story be beautiful and unwind like a long thread."
- fromTrinh T. Minh-ha's Woman Native Other

 

1000 kilotons in 1 megaton. Trinity: 20 kilotons. Little Boy: approx. 15 kilotons. Fat Man: 21 kilotons.