I had the opportunity to write a song as the Great Sand Dunes National Park artist-in-residence in December 2013. The bizarre landscape will forever hold a special place in my world. I filmed this video during my last day at the park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jukcbHr8Q50
lyrics
center of a sphere
center of a target
i am not alone
no matter how i work it
we own the earth from birth
and then we die
we know the worth of earth
at least we try
incomplete isolation
i can't escape a decay
better off a corpse
better off supporting
something i can trust
a limb or two to donate
deader than a past
deader than a master
cradled in the dunes
eaten by an uprise
we own the earth from birth
and then we die
we know the worth of earth
at least we try