No Straight Lines is a Substack newsletter for thoughtful meandering between pictures and words. A homage to the creative journey, and of life itself, No Straight lines refers to the fact that linear progression is largely a myth. The best we can do is simply show up everyday with intention. Where that leads us is the great surprise.
Travels With Cowboy
It’s late in the afternoon and I am looking over the rim of the Badlands of South Dakota.
The camper is parked facing east; I have the dutch door open and a chair resting atop the opened tailgate so that it is like I have my own little porch to sit upon. An arm’s reach away, Cowboy sleeps on the bed inside the camper behind me. The windows are open and a cross-breeze blows us cool on this warm summer day.
The Pressure Valves of ‘I’
If we are to figure out what these things are that make us, then imagine our bodies and minds are containers wherein each trait becomes a component with its own dedicated pressure valve. Therefore, to avoid implosion or explosion due to pent up energy, these valves to be opened and depressurized.
