*This text is offered only as a subtext and should be read only after viewing the image. Although entirely natural, the references to mapping and drawing are immediately evident with the extended plant tendrils reaching out across the ground and the planting of new roots along that path. The subtly nuanced sandy soil almost looks painted with a wash of watercolor on a softly textured surface. The image’s openness could also refer to a state of meditation as if there are visual prayer beads at each, and of each small cluster of roots and leaves. And, moving from cluster to cluster along a path of tranquility and self-reflection, the eye is gently washed with the potency of nature in its most unexpectedly simple yet untamed form.