To a tree, roots serve a very important purpose. They anchor the tree to the earth, extract nutrients from it to sustain it's life and provide a broad base of support for the trunk, branches, fruit and canopy of leaves that we get to enjoy. The funny thing is they provide all this service hidden from view, below the surface. Many do not know that often a trees roots will encompass an area below as large as the branches above. On the occasions that they rise above the ground as they do here, I find them fascinating an always an interesting art form. Here is an example that caught my roving eye in Louisiana this past spring that has made me reflect on where the 'roots' in my life are. In one circle of my influence, they lie professionally with the object of today's second blog, along with other master photographers/friends such as Ernst Haas, Galen Rowell and Art Kane to name a quick short list, but in more personal thoughts, this root is with the living God, Jesus Christ, who has sustained me, also below the surface and hidden from view and has given me the the mind and vision I have. I would hope that this image today would also prompt you to think about your own 'roots' in life.
