In the wilds, we are made captive to the fresh wildness and beauty.

"[In the wilds,] all hard, money-gaining, material thoughts loosen and sink off and out of sight, and one is free from oneself and made captive to the fresh wildness and beauty, obeying it as necessarily as unconscious sun-bathed plants."

The Contemplative John Muir, p. 228

Photo: Desert Paintbrush and the Courthouse Towers; Arches National Park, UT; April 21, 2013