“Listen to the exhortation of the dawn! Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, the glory of action, The splendor of beauty; For yesterday is but a dream, And tomorrow is only a vision; But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, And every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day! Such is the salutation of the dawn”

Kalidasa ~ Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language (4^th-6^th Century A.D.)

Photograph by Chris Gibbs

“Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.”

Morihei Ueshiba ~ Japanese martial artist, founder of aikido (1883-1969)

Photograph by Chris Gibbs

“When you get to the end of all the light you know and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly”

Edward Teller ~ Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, member of the Manhattan Project, known as “the father of the hydrogen bomb” (1908 –2003)

Photograph by Chris Gibbs

“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation”

Sinclair Lewis ~ American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1885-1951)

Photograph by Chris Gibbs

“In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer”

Albert Camus ~ French author, existentialist philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, (1913 – 1960)

Photograph by Chris Gibbs

“Nature chose for a tool, not the earthquake or lightning to rend and split asunder, not the stormy torrent or eroding rain, but the tender snow-flowers noiselessly falling through unnumbered centuries.

John Muir ~ Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness (1838 –1914)

Photograph by Quang-Tuan Luong

When presented with a certain weather condition, I often start by thinking how can I truly show natures power and beauty before looking for photo ops. It is hard to capture bitter cold, so throw a warm cup of warm water in the air at
-35 Fahrenheit and bitter cold shows itself by freezing water instantly. Frost River Trek 2008

Photograph and advice by Chris Gibbs

“There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.”

Jack London ~American short-story writer and novelist (1876-1916)

Photograph by Paul Zizka

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

Rabindranath Tagore ~ Indian poet, playwright and essayist, 1913 Nobel Prize winner for Literature  (1861-1941)

Photograph by Roger Nordstrom

“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson ~   French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format (1908-2004)

Photograph by Kelly Bastone