In the desert, one comes in direct contact with the bones of existence, the bare incomprehensible absolute IS-ness of being.

"The significance of the desert: In the desert, a person comes directly upon a world that is NOT a projection of human consciousness, . . . that has no apparent connection to the indoor human world: In the desert one comes in direct confrontation with the bones of existence, the bare incomprehensible absolute IS-ness of being."

Edward Abbey

Photo: Coyote Natural Bridge; Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; May 25, 2013