Seyhr Qayum
A pocket of water from the glacier is trapped in one of the mountain’s side valleys. It could overflow and flood portions of farmland, but the flooding will likely be interrupted by the terraces and walls built at the mountain base. The drone captured an image of what looked like a strong flow of water from the left side, but we have not tried to climb there yet.
Read MoreIt’s difficult to see. They hurtle aimlessly leaving clouds of smoke that hang heavy before surrendering. I wait for them to halt and stand near the bare bones of one of many stations that collapse, cascade, and drift away when a gust of wind takes fancy. Stations in motion. A vestigial impulse makes them stop as they wait for travelers to board but most families that journeyed during The Divide are dead. They clutter the floor, and while it seems disrespectful to walk among corpses, she pulls me from train to train with urgency.
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The pressure of "what am I painting and/or why?" can be crippling and I think we often forget that there's this whole tradition out there of believing in and appreciating the process of art-making for what it is. Can definitely be really liberating!
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