The Frozen Fortress of Solitude, better known as High Falls (post snowfall) in DuPont State Forest, NC.
I recently talked about the positive effects of negative ions in the last blog post, Negtaive Ions: Asheville Salt Cave, Kratom Bar and Maeng Da. I originally embarked on this brief road trip down south in order to visit Asheville and the surrounding nature scenery around it. Studying a map I realized Asheville was surrounded by national and state forests and parks, including the Great Smoky Mountains, (which, by some accounts, might be the most visited national park in America) Pisgah National Forest, DuPont State Forest and the Cherokee Reservation. After realizing this I got in my car and drove through NJ, making mandatory local beer drinking stops in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee along the way and back. (The southwest Virginian "Honey Cream Ale" by Wolf Hills wins this ZOOMDOUT "interstate road trip tasting contest," by the way.)
Now, while stumbling into the Salt Cave and Pink Himalayan Salt lamp boutiques in Asheville were a complete coincidence, visiting multiple waterfalls were intentional from the beginning. Interested in the health benefits of breathing in negative ions, I decided to visit some of North Carolina's most majestic waterfalls: High Falls, Looking Glass Falls, Sliding Rock, Mingo Falls and Triple Falls. There are almost zero places better than getting your fix of negative ions than at the bed of a misty waterfall. This source place of persistent power mixed in with misty negative ions is primal ground for both physical and figurative inspiration. It's the perfect place to breathe and dream. Especially during the mornings of the winter months, when very few people bother to visit these exploding waterfalls and, instead, leave them all to you.
Now, while stumbling into the Salt Cave and Pink Himalayan Salt lamp boutiques in Asheville were a complete coincidence, visiting multiple waterfalls were intentional from the beginning. Interested in the health benefits of breathing in negative ions, I decided to visit some of North Carolina's most majestic waterfalls: High Falls, Looking Glass Falls, Sliding Rock, Mingo Falls and Triple Falls. There are almost zero places better than getting your fix of negative ions than at the bed of a misty waterfall. This source place of persistent power mixed in with misty negative ions is primal ground for both physical and figurative inspiration. It's the perfect place to breathe and dream. Especially during the mornings of the winter months, when very few people bother to visit these exploding waterfalls and, instead, leave them all to you.
Looking Glass Falls, Psigah National Forest
I ended up spending a day in DuPont State Forrest shooting and studying the flow and pattern of falling water with a pair of binoculars. As it turns out doing this is an extremely fulfilling way to spend your mornings and afternoons. And if you combine this with mantra chanting along with consciously breathing in the mistily mystical vibrating air around you, you might find yourself launching into the pulsating mystery of Nature herself. Simply observing the bright reflection of white light of the chaotically overflowing water intermingling with the authoritative laws of gravity offers you the realization of what a masterful, nonhuman work of art a waterfall is. Om Hrim Namah Shivaya
Since we're on the subject of falling water and Nature, I might as well take you on a relevant white water tangent of thought. As I busily observed these waterfalls, a peculiar notion I've been intrigued by for some years palpably came back to mind. In an early 1990's interview for the psychedelic brain-candy book, Mavericks of the Mind, the author, David Jay Brown, sat down with the legendary chaos and dynamical systems theorist, Ralph Abraham, to talk about a fun-bag of interesting topics including mathematics, mythology, psychedelics, dynamics, ancient cultures, white water, dolphins, Dionysian rituals, Eros and Chaos (among many other seemingly chaotic topics). Below is a small excerpt of the fascinating interview. If you'd like to read the interview in its entirety check out the full interview with Ralph Abraham: Chaos and Life. Although I really suggest you take it a step further and purchase a copy of Mavericks of the Mind. Just make sure you read it with caution; it might blow your circuitry.
Since we're on the subject of falling water and Nature, I might as well take you on a relevant white water tangent of thought. As I busily observed these waterfalls, a peculiar notion I've been intrigued by for some years palpably came back to mind. In an early 1990's interview for the psychedelic brain-candy book, Mavericks of the Mind, the author, David Jay Brown, sat down with the legendary chaos and dynamical systems theorist, Ralph Abraham, to talk about a fun-bag of interesting topics including mathematics, mythology, psychedelics, dynamics, ancient cultures, white water, dolphins, Dionysian rituals, Eros and Chaos (among many other seemingly chaotic topics). Below is a small excerpt of the fascinating interview. If you'd like to read the interview in its entirety check out the full interview with Ralph Abraham: Chaos and Life. Although I really suggest you take it a step further and purchase a copy of Mavericks of the Mind. Just make sure you read it with caution; it might blow your circuitry.
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