Showing posts with label Yellowstone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yellowstone. Show all posts

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Artistry


Photo © 2014 Jennifer Wagner



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, motheringsmilesetc. that, even if it may not be perfect, it can still be pretty beautiful.