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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ”

—Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

This is still one of my favorite images I've ever taken. I’ll never forget following the horses over this hill as, one by one, they disappeared over it. And when I got to the top, all I could see was a sea of wild horses and one of the most incredible desert sunsets to go with it! I love a good back scratch myself! The look in their eyes is nothing but pure determination! Everyone needs a release in their life, and this is mine. Wondering around Utah’s west desert photographing the Onaqui wild horses. Winters can be the best. There’s more solitude, and it's quiet. Except for horses chewing, the occasional sound of a horse being chased away from getting too close to a stallion's mares, a squeal here and there. It's heaven on earth! I love to edit photos! Sometimes maybe too much!? But I can’t help it. I’m going through a vintage stage at the moment, exploring different ways to express emotions and storytelling. Around the first of February, I went out to the Onaqui’s and met another photographer friend. We had to four-wheel drive to get to the horses because of all the mud and deep ruts in the roads. They were hanging out in the upper foothills of Davis Mountain. Once we got to them, we hiked up above them and just watched them do what they do. This little group(Evander's herd) came walking up to the snowdrift and started eating it. The horses that time of the year can be harder to find because they will eat snow for their water source instead of coming to water. In the summer, if you know what water trough they are drinking out of, you can count on seeing them at some point during the day. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”

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