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"Grief in the Human Experience: How Loss Shapes Us" reimagines grief not as something to overcome, but as an essential part of being human - a force that deepens love, strengthens bonds, & reshapes the way we live and remember.
#griefeducation #grief #griefinthehumanexperience
Free-roaming horses just moseying along on the only road out of town.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest w/diverse wildlife: deer, sheep, elk, mountain lion, horses, burros, jackrabbits, & those wily coyote.
Photo: ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
#AmericanWest
Free-roaming horses just moseying along on the only road out of town.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest w/diverse wildlife: deer, sheep, elk, mountain lion, horses, burros, jackrabbits, & those wily coyote.
Photo: ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
#AmericanWest
"Grief in the Human Experience: How Loss Shapes Us" reimagines grief not as something to overcome, but as an essential part of being human - a force that deepens love, strengthens bonds, & reshapes the way we live and remember.
#griefeducation #grief #griefinthehumanexperience
"Grief in the Human Experience: How Loss Shapes Us" reimagines grief not as something to overcome, but as an essential part of being human - a force that deepens love, strengthens bonds, & reshapes the way we live and remember.
#griefeducation #grief #griefinthehumanexperience
We find these babies wandering in our yard until they wander back out... I hope to see him again when he’s a wee bit bigger than an inch.
Photo: Tortoise on agave. Misty Fields.
#desertlife #photography
We find these babies wandering in our yard until they wander back out... I hope to see him again when he’s a wee bit bigger than an inch.
Photo: Tortoise on agave. Misty Fields.
#desertlife #photography
#AmericanWest #photography #mountains
Photo: Mt. Shasta, Cascade Range, California. Trees in Shasta National Forest grow 40 - 70 feet tall, they literally reach for the sky. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
#AmericanWest #photography #mountains
Photo: Mt. Shasta, Cascade Range, California. Trees in Shasta National Forest grow 40 - 70 feet tall, they literally reach for the sky. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
How deeply rooted in the earth. How ancient its wisdom. What is this mountain teaching me?
Photo: Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
How deeply rooted in the earth. How ancient its wisdom. What is this mountain teaching me?
Photo: Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
I dream of the ages.
Photo: ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
I dream of the ages.
Photo: ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
The American Wild Horse: Protect the Sacred
Beyond any dream we could have ever dreamt — the wild horse is real.
#wildhorses #ProtectTheSacred
Photo: Wild horses roam free in the Pryor Mountains. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
The American Wild Horse: Protect the Sacred
Beyond any dream we could have ever dreamt — the wild horse is real.
#wildhorses #ProtectTheSacred
Photo: Wild horses roam free in the Pryor Mountains. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
~ Hildegard of Bingen
#peacebuilding #humanity
Photo: The night I touched the Stars. Death Valley, NV. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved
~ Hildegard of Bingen
#peacebuilding #humanity
Photo: The night I touched the Stars. Death Valley, NV. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved
The American West
In our travels in search of America, we found her in the diversity of the land & the people.
#allcometolookforAmerica #AmericanWest
Full story on Medium:
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Photo: Chief Mountain, Babb, MT. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
The American West
In our travels in search of America, we found her in the diversity of the land & the people.
#allcometolookforAmerica #AmericanWest
Full story on Medium:
lnkd.in/gmqRSpYK
Photo: Chief Mountain, Babb, MT. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved.
Photo: Arlington National Cemetery. Special thanks to Samuel Corum, Pulitzer Prize winning Photojournalist in Washington, DC for these photographs. They are a family treasure.
Photo: Arlington National Cemetery. Special thanks to Samuel Corum, Pulitzer Prize winning Photojournalist in Washington, DC for these photographs. They are a family treasure.
It’s true about that big sky over Montana… a little hike will take you to the most amazing sights.
Full story on Medium: medium.com/@MistyFields...
Photo: Glacier National Park: Rising Wolf Mountain & Two Medicine Lake. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved
It’s true about that big sky over Montana… a little hike will take you to the most amazing sights.
Full story on Medium: medium.com/@MistyFields...
Photo: Glacier National Park: Rising Wolf Mountain & Two Medicine Lake. ©Misty Fields, all rights reserved
#writing #writingcommunity #desertlife
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Photo: Mt. Shasta, Cascade Range. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
#writing #writingcommunity #desertlife
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Photo: Mt. Shasta, Cascade Range. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
As human beings, I believe our hearts yearn for that kind of freedom. That yearning often suspended by the highly constructed ways we live today.
Photo: A crescent moon shines in the clouds, greeted by the Evening Star. ©Misty Fields.
As human beings, I believe our hearts yearn for that kind of freedom. That yearning often suspended by the highly constructed ways we live today.
Photo: A crescent moon shines in the clouds, greeted by the Evening Star. ©Misty Fields.
#desertlife #writing
Photo: Taz - Beauty in the Snow. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
#desertlife #writing
Photo: Taz - Beauty in the Snow. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
Here 3 wild horses cross a ridge at sunset to find shelter for the night.
Photo: Cold Creek, NV part of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
Here 3 wild horses cross a ridge at sunset to find shelter for the night.
Photo: Cold Creek, NV part of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. ©David Becker Photography, all rights reserved.
Imagine a clear view of what you might see up ahead for yourself.
Photo: View of rock spires at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona. ©Misty Fields.
Imagine a clear view of what you might see up ahead for yourself.
Photo: View of rock spires at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona. ©Misty Fields.
The way we live today is often counter to our deepest needs as human beings.
You see, we're not meant to live fragmented, disconnected lives.
Photo: "The night I touched the stars." Dante’s Peak, Death Valley. 2020. Image by my husband, David Becker.
The way we live today is often counter to our deepest needs as human beings.
You see, we're not meant to live fragmented, disconnected lives.
Photo: "The night I touched the stars." Dante’s Peak, Death Valley. 2020. Image by my husband, David Becker.
Everyone is aware that, with every shovel & wheelbarrow of dirt removed, there will be a return of the soil from where it came.
Photo: Crew chief looking on, “You know — when season ends, you’ve got to backfill all of this.” Mimbres, New Mexico.
Everyone is aware that, with every shovel & wheelbarrow of dirt removed, there will be a return of the soil from where it came.
Photo: Crew chief looking on, “You know — when season ends, you’ve got to backfill all of this.” Mimbres, New Mexico.
This photo always makes me feel chill - thanks to the feline who decided to take a rest on a hot day - in a ground stone.
Photo: Mind if I lie down? Institute Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
This photo always makes me feel chill - thanks to the feline who decided to take a rest on a hot day - in a ground stone.
Photo: Mind if I lie down? Institute Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
Did you know that cholla can jump?
Archaeology involves work in all kinds of environments & work done in deserts present unique challenges.
Staying hydrated & avoiding sunstroke are the more obvious...
Photo: La Playa Site, Sonora, México.
Did you know that cholla can jump?
Archaeology involves work in all kinds of environments & work done in deserts present unique challenges.
Staying hydrated & avoiding sunstroke are the more obvious...
Photo: La Playa Site, Sonora, México.
#desertlife #archaeology #writing
Human beings have always shared their stories. Made their mark. Left their imprint. Showing the deep human need to be seen. To be known.
Pictograph: handprint & supernova. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico.
#desertlife #archaeology #writing
Human beings have always shared their stories. Made their mark. Left their imprint. Showing the deep human need to be seen. To be known.
Pictograph: handprint & supernova. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico.
#desertlife #archaeology #writing
There is a sense of wonder when we hold something last held by another person from another time.
Items often given symbolic meaning.

Photo: Finely decorated hand-painted pottery shard (Mimbres, New Mexico)
#desertlife #archaeology #writing
There is a sense of wonder when we hold something last held by another person from another time.
Items often given symbolic meaning.

Photo: Finely decorated hand-painted pottery shard (Mimbres, New Mexico)
#desertlife #archaeology #writing
Part of a series of images & essays from sites where I've worked in the American Southwest & Sonora, México.
Photo: Exquisitely intricate workmanship on a delicately crafted projectile point. (Misty Fields. Mimbres, New Mexico)
#desertlife #archaeology #writing
Part of a series of images & essays from sites where I've worked in the American Southwest & Sonora, México.
Photo: Exquisitely intricate workmanship on a delicately crafted projectile point. (Misty Fields. Mimbres, New Mexico)
Through an anthropological lens, we better see where we’ve come from and envision where we might be heading.
#desertlife #archaeology #biologicalanthropology #writing
Image by Misty Fields. Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (Hermosillo, Sonora, México)
Through an anthropological lens, we better see where we’ve come from and envision where we might be heading.
#desertlife #archaeology #biologicalanthropology #writing
Image by Misty Fields. Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (Hermosillo, Sonora, México)
#archaeology #desertlife #writing
Photos from sites I worked that tell a story of archaeology from the desert of the American SW & Sonora, México.
Image: The ancestors watch over as artifacts are documented, bagged & labeled. Tumamoc Hill, AZ
#archaeology #desertlife #writing
Photos from sites I worked that tell a story of archaeology from the desert of the American SW & Sonora, México.
Image: The ancestors watch over as artifacts are documented, bagged & labeled. Tumamoc Hill, AZ