Waterfalling

In the South Island, driving parallel to the coast there are so many places where water falls through the splitting geology. Natural springs and glacier-melt perform their power, falling through canyons and over edges, along their everchanging course. Iceland is an Island that could be driven around in 2 days but that would be impossible to do because there's so much to do and see in this unspoilt, pristine natural terrain-scape. We covered only 55 miles and it took 11 hours of jumping out the car and hiking on trails to see a fraction of the dramatic land forms.

With mega amounts of tourists now flooding into Iceland to view the land here as it may have once existed in their polluted regions, I fear eventually we will bring our mishandling of the earth's natural resources to the warming, higher latitudes of the planet.

 

 

Seljalandsfoss
Alive and present at Seljalandsfoss and Glúfrabúi waterfalls.

Alive and present at Seljalandsfoss and Glúfrabúi waterfalls.

Bread and Crater

There's a good commercial kitchen at the residence and Simona left me some organic spelt flour, sooo.... bread! yeah!

Then Alda brought us a jar of her homemade jam from berries she picked in the north of the island last Autumn from berries called Rifs?

Then Alda brought us a jar of her homemade jam from berries she picked in the north of the island last Autumn from berries called Rifs?

Kerid Crater South Iceland

Kerid Crater South Iceland

Studio space

It's time to leave the studio and mark-making and explore the Island some more.

Blue wall

Blue wall

Wall with Journal posts

Wall with Journal posts

Morning hike above studio.

Morning hike above studio.

Off to the Geysir

Off to the Geysir

Deciphering Distances

Distances in Iceland are challenging to measure. The clouded sky seems so close. Not many trees and few familiar human structures to gauge from as one gazes across vast expanses of land. Artist Olafur Eliasson refers to this phenomena in his Ted talk.

https://www.ted.com/talks/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light

 

deciphering distances
 The glacier is visible merging into cloud. It could be Vatnajökul, the largest glacier in Europe.

 The glacier is visible merging into cloud. It could be Vatnajökul, the largest glacier in Europe.