tell me your favorite writers and poets!

maps are a simple metaphor for almost anything. i recently wrote an article that discussed some new findings regarding alzheimer's disease and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, and what did i use as the article's primary conceit? a map.

and now that i have a few dozen pictures of steve and his map, what better way to solicit advice than to reapply the map metaphor?

i'm looking for some amazing writers that tackle issues of faith and redemption in their work, and i'm hoping that you can be my map. i'm looking for big names and small names, novelists and poets--anyone that writes powerfully and writes well.

i'm particularly interested in writers that might creatively engage topics of atheism (i.e., faith, doubt, superstition, and science) and education (learning, growth, self-ization), but any literary scribe will do.

i'm gathering these names as part of a list of potential writers and interviewees for upcoming issues of the other journal.

if you think of someone, please let me know, and if you peruse my tentative list (including such longshots as david james duncan and marilynne robinson), and are in agreement or disagreement with my inclusion of some particular writers, be sure to tell me.

thanks!

the pictures, story to come later...

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1 andrew david. "the life saving device" the ridge below black peak, north cascades, wa.
2 & 3 andrew david. "wrong route: the way of smooth rock, loose dirt, and no hand holds" the ridge below black peak, north cascades, wa. in the pictures, that incline doesn't look so bad. in fact, it looks like you could almost walk right up it. you can't. trust me, it really was steeeeeeep. yep, if someone from the17pointscale had slipped, he'd be mangled or dead...but i'll save that for another post.

andrew david. "too paranoid to remember this" black peak summit, north cascades, wa.

photos from the enchantments [2]

A Study in Water
these pictures are from my latest annual backpacking trip with steve. you know the drill. i'm lookin' for photography advice. that is, let me know how i could have improved these fotoes AND whether any of them appear print-worthy (an * means that i'm considering them) AND any other thoughts regarding the pictures or my time in the enchantments.

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1. Andrew David 'Losing daylight' somewhere in the enchantments -- the shade ruined any hope for this picture
*2. Andrew David 'Stepping Stones' somewhere in the enchantments -- i considered cropping some more sky, but this seemed the best fit
3. Andrew David 'Africa' somewhere in the enchantments -- again, shade. but do you see africa?
*4. Andrew David 'Quiet' Lake Solitude -- if only there were a bit more colour in those distant trees.
5. Andrew David 'Ice' nearby Lake Solitude -- as the bear sat his weary rump on the ice, he complained that 'my friend's out there rolling 'round the basement floor, and someone saved my life tonight, sugarbear.' sugarbear said nothing.
6. Andrew David 'Proof from Sum' Colchuck Lake --
7. Andrew David 'Proof from Summit' Colchuck Lake --
8. Andrew David 'On Little Galilee' Colchuck Lake's little buddy lake -- i like steve.
9. Andrew David 'Colder from Above' Colchuck Lake --
10. Andrew David 'Typical Lake Shot' Lake Stuart --
11. Steven Van Selus 'Playing with Weeds' Lake Stuart -- i like red shirts.

Photos from the Enchantments [1]

A Study in Sunlight
these pictures are from my latest annual backpacking trip with steve. you know the drill. i'm lookin' for photography advice. that is, let me know how i could have improved these fotoes AND whether any of them appear print-worthy (an * means that i'm considering them) AND any other thoughts regarding the pictures or my time in the enchantments.

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*1. Andrew David 'Moses and the Bush' Aarsgard Pass?--
2. Andrew David 'Trees!' Aarsgard Pass?--
3. Andrew David 'The Thinker and the Hippotamus' Colchuck Lake's little buddy lake--
4. Andrew David 'Tracks Colchuck Lake's little buddy lake --
5. Andrew David 'A Lake' Lake Stuart--
6. Andrew David 'Halo'd' Lake Stuart--
7. Andrew David 'Who's Under There?' Lake Stuart -- i like this photo more than i should. something about the colours...
8. Andrew David 'Log' Lake Stuart-- don't know why i posted this one.
9. Andrew David 'Brustled Clearing' Lake Stuartish --
10. Andrew David 'Cotton Lake Stuartish --