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Photo © 2014 Jennifer
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artist point
how a mistake can
still be
so beautiful
© 2014 Jennifer
Wagner
Above
is a photo I took this summer at Artist Point in Yellowstone National Park. The location got its name because it was widely
believed that Thomas Moran created a sketch there which he used to create his
famous 1872 painting, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. In 1890
photographer F. Jay Hanes published a park guidebook with the name and the
title stuck. The location Moran actually
used is now called Moran Point.
I
was trying to convey the essence of that history in the poem, as well as
another message which I think has a connection to artistry of any type: poetry,
photography, painting, mothering…smiles…etc. that, even if it may not be perfect, it can
still be pretty beautiful.