Burnt Yucca, Leaves (B&W)
Joshua Tree, CA (Artist Statement)
Fire had ripped through this desert in some recent lifetime, and the dry hilltop was slow to recover. Without water, new shoots blistered and burned. A constant high desert wind moaned and stirred the sand.
These spiky leaves grew in the remains of a burnt yucca stump, sheltered and drinking from the water stored in the spongy parent. From the ashes rose a phoenix, slowly unfolding its great veiny wings, testing the currents in the dry cobalt sky.
— Burnt Yucca, Leaves (B&W): Joshua Tree, CA, USA (2012)
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