Full at
http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/11/24/that-which-is-full-of-wonder/
This is the last paragraph of the post:
"Our hikes to famous arches like Delicate and Druid have turned us into arch
“hounds,” always on the lookout for new ones. We were hiking on the Moab Rim
Trail, and Karen spotted an arch along a cliff. We walked over to get a better
view. In case it didn’t have a name, we christened it Karen’s Arch. In the
distance were the rocky battlements created by the relentless knifing action of
the Colorado River. From any vantage point, they look like eternal backdrops
in a play that goes on forever. They reminded me of the “metaphysical” art of
the Italian painter Georgio de Chirico. He painted urban landscapes that try
to make us see the perfect Platonic forms that underlie what we think is
reality. But de Chirico’s metaphysic is false. There are no true and eternal
forms. There are only appearances, and these are always in flux. Some last a
short time, like the artist’s paintings; others, like the rocks, last for
millions of years. But all will turn to dust or sand someday. Only the
universe itself might go on forever. Still, it gives me comfort to look at the
arches, at the rocks around them, at the world we have but only partially
created, and dream of those who came here before me and those who will come
after."
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