Award winning photojournalists Baiba and Patrick Morrow reflect upon three decades of high adventure throughout the mountains of the world in Mountains: The Sacred and the Profane, a presentation hosted by the Creston Valley branch of Wildsight as part of its spring series.
The Morrows believe that contemplation of sacred places, whether gazing at the top of Tibet’s 6,600-metre Mount Kailash or exploring the Jumbo Valley in the Purcells of B.C., can help us appreciate the value of wilderness. Appreciation leads to care and respect for the environment and instills a pride and a sense of place within us.
In 2002, at the G8 environment ministers meeting in Banff, Alta., Pat and Baiba presented a show based on the western world’s exploitative relationship with nature. As spiritual and cultural values erode in our overly consumptive world, it is critical that we make every effort to rekindle our connection with nature.
The presentation will take the audience on a journey from the carved sandstone canyons of the American Southwest to a remote trek into a beyul, or sacred hidden valley, on the border of Tibet and Nepal. Of special interest are the pictures and video clips from our own Purcell Mountains and the recently produced film Qat’Muk — Where the Grizzly Bears Go To Dance, in the never-ending quest to keep the mountains wild and free.
Mountains: The Sacred and the Profane runs at 7:30 p.m. May1, in the Creston Room at the Creston and District Community Complex.
— WILDSIGHT (Creston Valley Branch)
