I’ve been wanting to do some photo-centric posts for a while, as I have taken more photos than I know what to do with. But with so many memories entangled in each pixel, so many stories jumping at me from each frame, to post them with no context would be doing a disservice to said photos.
As I’ve been nonchalantly sorting through albums, a commonality popped out almost immediately: how often I felt small. And not in a self deprecating way. In a literal, physical sense. It’s the feeling of "…this ocean/mountain/forest is so vast/looming/impenetrable, and here I am. I’m just a little human.” Nothing makes you feel tinier than the expansive nature of…well, nature.
Lofoten, Norway was one of those expanses for me. There is a plethora of stories attached to the experiences I had there and the folks that I met; stories that will assuredly be shared. But for today, I’m going to let the photos do the talking.
Hiking above Haukland Beach…
…white sands below, mountains above, and boulders everywhere in between.
Out in the middle of a fjord…
…surrounded on all sides by mountains, waterfalls, and turquoise seas.
Sitting in a 6 person rib boat…
…at the mercy of the rocky coast and seemingly calm, but frigid, seas.
View from our porch in Svolvaer…
…which made me gasp in wonderment every day.
“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. ”