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I am a mid-life professional looking to become an artist. Here I share another experience in print and images. I always share my experience to foster others who have moved into art from a previous technical profession.
A playa is a dried-up lakebed within a desert basin. It is a peculiar feature of the southwest US and other very arid places in the world. It is the remainder of what was once filled with water. What is left behind is cracked soil, exposed rock, and salt deposits.

To experience a playa, one must walk on and through it. In its walking, I was left to experience the unexpected. What was unexpected was what lay ahead. I thought this would be a rather monotonous salt flat. Yet eve...

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