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Sparse vegetation in the gypsum dunes of White Sands National Monument: photo by Daniel Schwen, 4 April 2004
The somnambulist is asking the moon what it is doing up in the sky, a white hole in the deep eternal blue, so early in the morning.
Guadalupe Mountains and Chihuahuan desert, seen from dry Lake Linda, West Texas: photo by Daniel Schwen, 2 April 2004
He says: I always dream the same dream at the same time.
Coyote (Canis latrans) in Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata): photo by BrockenInaglory, 4 July 2008
The moon says nothing. The day passes, and then again, flung up over it, the great sky canopy: millions of mutely witnessing desert stars. That part of the story never changes. It comes on swiftly yet stealthily, in the same way it does every night.
Leopard, Kenya: photo by Viault, 1987
Lingering in the tall grass, a deceptive sense of animal presence. A buzzing sound.
Chiricahua Mountains, Portal, Arizona: photo by Karen Fasimpaur, 4 May 2008
The mountains of quartz and broken glass appear to tremble, mirage-like, filling the air with a distant shimmer.
Ciudad Juárez at dusk looking west toward Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: photo by Daniel Schwen, 3 April 2004
All the houses in this border town, and all the dreams dreamt inside these houses, become identical when darkness falls over the desert.
Landscape between Concá and Arroyo Seco in Arroyo Seco, Querétaro, Mexico: photo by Alejandro Linares Garcia, 21 March 2011
He remembers again: I always dream the same dream at the same time.
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), San Juan County, New Mexico: photo by Peemus, 24 October 2009
The somnambulist walks through the sagebrush beyond the edge of the border town, then back again; darkness of the arroyo; time passing; gravel crackling under foot, then silence.
Military personnel at White Sands National Monument: photo by Daniel Schwen, 4 April 2004
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