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Exhibition Card for "Be Well Out Here" Collection
Donald T. Austin
This exhibition is a collection of words and images from a 7-month, 24,000-mile journey through the Northern Rockies of the American West. Its intention is to promote the connection between the Natural Environment and Wellness.
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Badlands 1
Donald T. Austin
"The Badlands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth." -Theodore Roosevelt
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Badlands 2
Donald T. Austin
"I've been about the world a lot and pretty much over our own country; But I was totally unprepared for that revolution called the Dakota Badlands."
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Rivers 1
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"The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming; Thus it is with time."
Leonardo DaVinci
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Rivers 2
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"Poets talk about 'Spots of Time', But it is really the fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone."
Norman Maclean
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Mountains 1
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"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; That wildness is a necessity"
John Muir
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Mountains 2
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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."
John Muir
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Rocks 2
Donald T. Austin
"It is necessary...For a man to go away by himself...To sit on a rock...And ask, 'Who am I, Where have I been, and where am I going?"
Carl Sanburg
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Mountain Views 2
Donald T. Austin
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”
John Muir
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Mountain Views 1
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“I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was a place I never had to go, for this earth was greater than any paradise.”
Daniel J. Rice
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Trees 1
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“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
John Muir
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Trees 2
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“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.”
Hermann Hesse
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Sun 1
Donald T. Austin
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
Victor Hugo
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Sun 2
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“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.”
Elbert Hubbard
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Water 1
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“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.”
Kahlil Gibran
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Water 2
Donald T. Austin
“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.”
John F. Kennedy
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Fall 1
Donald T. Austin
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
Henry David Thoreau
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Fall 2
Donald T. Austin
"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal."
Paulo Coelho
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Montana Rivers 1
Donald T. Austin
“My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvationcome by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.”
Norman Maclean
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Montana Rivers 2
Donald T. Austin
"It’s not just about catching fish. It’s about being in beautiful places where fish are caught.”
Unknown
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Dry Falls
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“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
Norman Maclean
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High Desert
Donald T. Austin
“...we all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free.”
Yeonmi Park
There are a number of recent scientific studies that point to a “Lack of
Outdoor” activities (or as Richard Louv describes- “Nature Deficit Disorder”) that contribute to the high levels of depression, anxiety and stress in our society… in particular, with young people. As a designer and educator in higher education, perhaps the recorded experiences presented in this exhibition can speak directly to this audience.
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