Family Affair

A bison calf wrestles with curiosity and survival instincts as it inches in my direction. Curiosity won the day. I'm grateful the adults are tolerant of my intrusion.

© Ilija Lukić 2015

Family Affair
(American Buffalo north of Clovis, New Mexico USA)

Eye To Eye

Spirits of ancient native Americans still roam the high plains of New Mexico. Stories of bison hunts whispered in reverence while gathered around mesmerizing flickers of camp fires drift on prairie winds. My heart gathers the snorts and heavy breath of the mighty beasts. For a brief moment our eyes touch. Another door to the universe and my understanding of the Great Mystery opens.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Eye To Eye
(Bison bison near Running Water Draw, New Mexico USA)

Sun Catchers

Prairie cottons autumn sun
Sea of grass ripples ancient songs
Revered bison roam free

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Suncatcher

Heart-To-Heart Rendezvous

Home On The Range

Spirit Keeper

Circle Of Life

Near the banks of the Running Water Draw north of Clovis, New Mexico, tasiwóo graze peacefully as in days of yore. A resurgence of wildflowers adds summer moods to the early autumn tranquility of the vast Llano Estacado plain. Passing clouds briefly shade the sun-drenched prairie and amplify the spiritual aura of the imposing icons of the Great Plains. 

©Ilija Lukić 2014

Circle Of Life
(Bison bison aka American Buffalo north of Clovis, New Mexico USA)

Call Of The Wild

Cooper and I ramble across the prairie just after sunrise. Nose to the wind, he answers the call of the wild with purposeful forays across the rough terrain. Yellow floral bouquets of Broom Snakeweed dominate the tapestry of shortgrass prairie straw, yucca, and cacti. The timeless allure of vast prairie expanses under a deep blue firmament invites my heart to song and soul to soar. For a brief moment the passage of time is irrelevant. I understand eternity.

The natural world most certainly nurtures the primal threads that bind us to one another and illuminate our essence.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Call Of The Wild
(Cooper on the Llano Estacado prairie in full autumn regalia near Clovis, New Mexico USA)

Colonial Williamsburg

Completed in 1715 this house of God still serves the faithful. The slower pace of an earlier time permeates historic Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia USA.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Bruton Parish Episcopal Church
(Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia USA)

Colonial Williamsburg Cottage

Doorkeeper To Days Of Yore

Dressed in period garb of the American post-colonial era, a citizen pauses and reminisces bygone days on the front steps of the historic Williamsburg, Virginia courthouse built in 1771. An unknown architect designed the building on a geometrical scheme absent columns. Height to the cupola equals the width. It's centrally located on Market Square. As capital for the Colony of Virginia from 1699 to 1780 the city was a center of political events in Virginia fueling the American Revolution. July 25, 1776 lawyer Benjamin Waller read the Declaration of Independence to the assembled citizenry from these steps.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Doorkeeper To Days Of Yore
(Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia USA)

Touching God

While the heart touches boundless horizons
As sunsets compose symphonies of light,
The mind gains clarity of the why and wherefore
And the soul communes with eternity, with God.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Sinfonía De Luz
(New Mexico's high plains near the Running Water Draw)

Into The Sunset
(Homeward bound after the celestial light show north of Clovis, New Mexico USA)

Time Without End

My heart spills lost poetry,

While soul adrift on autumn winds

Invites my senses to dance.

Dance to music of time without end.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Let There Be Light

Naked Eternity

Setting Moon and city lights of Clovis, New Mexico illuminate wispy cloud cover on a starlit high plains night.

Crickets delight pensive minds,

Waning Moon calms restive hearts

Starlight affirms eternity.

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Primordial Soup

Moonset Over Clovis

The Lean Years

© Ilija Lukić 2014

Lean Years