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Thin Places

posted by David Kuo | 1:48pm Thursday September 13, 2007

Thanks to Norm for this:
smStormyDawninthePass.jpg
Norm writes:

Texas has many such Thin Places. I’ve felt it in the majestic vistas and friendly people of Palo Duro Canyon near the panhandle town of Canyon, TX. I’ve felt it gazing at the colorful variety of wildflowers in the rolling hills of central TX, when spring is in the air and everything seems fresh and new. I’ve felt it watching the sunrise from the beach near Galveston. I’ve felt it standing alone among the ruins of the several old missions and Army outposts, imagining the hardships and triumphs of those soldiers, settlers and Indians while the wind blew Taps in the treetops.
But I think my favorite Thin Place is in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis. There is an old stagecoach route through the mountains, and this route goes through Wild Rose Pass. On my first visit there several years ago, on the morning I was to leave for home, the rising sun peeked through the storm clouds. The sight was breathtakingly beautiful.
As I am a painter, I tried to capture my impression of that morning. It’s called Stormy Dawn in the Pass

Please continue to send me your thin places at dkuoblog@mac.com



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Trish Ryan

posted September 13, 2007 at 5:20 pm


I love these Thin Places posts! They make me want to rush back to the town in Maine I grew up in, where Thin Places abound…unfortunately, I was rather thick most of the time I lived there, but it’s nice to be able to appreciate what God’s doing there now :)
Of course, I may need an iPhone in order to properly capture the beauty of said Thin Places…



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Doug

posted September 13, 2007 at 6:31 pm


Great work, Norm. I agree with Trish. This is a great way to continue to build a community of your readers.
And yes, Trish, it isn’t beauty until an iPhone processes it.



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PatientWitness

posted September 13, 2007 at 9:28 pm


Thank you, Doug. And thank you, David, for the Thin Place blog! It’s wonderful to see all of these beautiful and serene places, even if only by iPhone image :)
I’ll be exhibiting in an art festival in San Antonio in October, and it will be difficult for me to place this piece up for sale….
- Norm



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Doug

posted September 13, 2007 at 9:55 pm


Norm, do you have a website of your work? I hope this isn’t out of line on someone else’s site, but I’d be thankful to see more.



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PatientWitness

posted September 14, 2007 at 12:34 am


I hope David doesn’t mind. If you do, David, no hurt feelings if you delete this comment.
My web site is http://www.njamesart.com



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David Kuo

posted September 14, 2007 at 12:38 am


that’s weird I had included the website in the original post…



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David Kuo

posted September 14, 2007 at 12:39 am


Actually if you look at the next one – the one that I didn’t think posted so I posted it again – the website is on there… http://www.njamesart.com



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Doug

posted September 14, 2007 at 12:01 pm


Thanks, I got. If I don’t miss my guess there’s a photo of Norm painting this picture. Really neat.



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