Wisdom in SpaceLet thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.
-- Hippocrates
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Polls are contributing to a strange new volatility in public opinion... [They have] the effect of hardening opinions that haven't even been formed yet. Poll questions do not invite subtlety or response. This dispels ambiguity, when a lot of thoughts and opinions are ambiguous. And we are polled too often. We are constantly having our temperature taken, like a hypochondriac... Nations that use polls as daily temperature readings inevitably give inauthentic readings, and wind up not reassured but demoralized.
-- Peggy Noonan
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iolaireSouthwest Camping Trip, section 1, St George to Kanab UT, five nights in Dark Sky RV Park, Kanab. #IMSW2026 #IMSW2026Kanab Skutumpah Road to Cottonwood Canyon Road, Wire Pass Trail to Buckskin Gulch, Kayak Glen Canyon starting at Lee’s Ferry.
Kanab, Utah, United States
2026
#AncientArt #RockCarvings #Petroglyphs #DesertLandscape #HistoricalArtifacts
Kanab, Utah, United States
2026
#AncientArt #RockCarvings #Petroglyphs #DesertLandscape #HistoricalArtifacts
Richard RatheThis one is old and therefor a bit hard to see from certain angles. I can say it is old because it has brown desert varnish developing on it--and that process takes hundreds of years. I think the older #Petroglyphs in this area have been dated to ~800 years ago.
That said it is spectacular! It shows a humanoid form with a great winged headdress or helmet.
#NineMileCanyon #Fake / Modern #Petroglyphs
I find this one artistic, a bit too artistic to be real.
I think it is a recent fake unless someone knows it is old?
Criteria: Found isolated from other art, bright/fresh appearance, stylistically different from known examples that are 100s of years old.
#NineMileCanyon #Utah #Petroglyphs #RockArt
I like the feeling of "action" in this close-up view!
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These two little horned figures appear to be dancing! 🕺 💃
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
There was an iconic "Oval Man" figure I'd never seen before repeated in several places.
The most elaborate version was on this magnificent panel. There are sheep, stars, what I think are water/rain symbols, and two human figures that appear to be holding something above their heads. Wow!
#NineMileCanyon "Coyote Placing the Stars" #Petroglyphs
Coyote Placing the Stars covers several vertical surfaes about 100 ft up from the roadway. This is the only #NorthAmerican #RockArt I'm aware of with a direct link to popular #NativeAmerican folklore. There are several versions of this story. Signs at the site indicated the stars fell down and #Coyote placed them back in the sky. Another version says he only re-arranged the stars, placing them into constellations representing his fellow animals.
Note the anthropomorphic figure with a dog shaped head. Also note the grids of small circles representing fields of stars.
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
More #Petroglyphs from #NineMileCanyon #Utah
This is a panel high up on the cliff face. There are several big horn sheep, a centipede, fields of stars, and a human figure.
