Tag Archives: Pictographs

The Economy of Direction and Sharing of Secret Places

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Jack Elliott

Clouds over the Santa Ynez Mountains, December 14, 2024. Akin to the asperitas clouds of November, 2023. “Rumours circulate about entry points which might give access to unseen spaces. Secrets are jealously guarded, closely shared. The subculture has its subcultures. … Continue reading →

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Mandalas Through the Looking Glass

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Jack Elliott

I lay simmering in a scalding hot puddle beneath a gurgling pipe, heart fluttering, riding a rocket of euphoria fueled by endorphins, winter’s slanted morning light illuminating Condor National Forest in an apricot radiance. Beads of stinky spring water on … Continue reading →

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The Case For Renaming Los Padres National Forest

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Jack Elliott

“I love the feeling when it falls apart.” –Red Hot Chili Peppers, Desecration Smile “By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 1, 11, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, … Continue reading →

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Condor Cave Reference On Redwood Log, Disney California Adventure Park

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Jack Elliott

Chumash pictograph, Santa Barbara County “Native people drew spiral pictographs—sets of concentric rings radiating out from a center—on cave walls and rock shelters in locations where they are illuminated by the rising sun on the winter solstice. Solstice ceremonies, such … Continue reading →

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Koso Shoshone Native American Rock Art, Ghost Dance and Hunting Magic

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Jack Elliott

Trona Pinnacles. Enter, if ye dare. The Trip Out Yonder Some monstrous industrial ramrod ferociously hammered at long intervals some unseen target of progress, the metallic slamming a devilish metronome, the concussive impact reverberating off a pinch of rolling mountains … Continue reading →