The Narration
“Infinite Autumn”
“Within is an infinite photograph of autumn photography: a tree that reveals many layers of the season. For about two weeks in October or November, Ohio transforms into an autumn Eden heaven on earth. 63 degrees outside breathes its fall paradise. After months of agonizing Midwest humidity and heat, the weather finally cools off to something extremely refreshing and exhilarating. There’s a strong warm cool breeze in the atmosphere. But the icing on this natural cake is the hue-change of the trees and surrounding scenery. The once hazy skies erupt in wildly saturated blue. The multi-colored leaves wave bittersweetly goodbye to another year knowing their time is up and its their moment to shine one last brilliant time of the year. Their green is gone, replaced by a rainbow skin. And yet for us, there's only two short weeks to experience and appreciate its dance, its fall. A rejuvenation of the soul gusts in the wind for those who will listen, see, smell, and feel it. True, Ohio isn’t always the nicest place to live with its humid summers. And the long succession of gray, cold winter months after this feast of colors is practically the antithesis of this autumn celebration in nature. But without living through the hellish heat of summer and those cruel, cold months of winter, the fall wouldn’t be all that special or even exciting. Experiencing the changes of the seasons must occur for us to appreciate each diverse and different time of the year. An Ohio Autumn is what we look forward to the most for it is truly something to thrill over. It’s the natural high before the great gray depression. Feel the magic and glow around you. One’s senses singe on fire. It’s intoxication through color, sun, saturation, and breeze. And its truest beauty is that it’s only here for a while. The air chills and what were once brilliant Eden is now fallen to earth leaving Heaven naked, skeletal. The peak will pass. The fallen leaves on the ground are Mother Earth’s tears and flesh, lying decomposing to rot and return back to soil from whence it came. For two short weeks in the twilight of autumn, Ohio blooms and glows in cathartic release. It's is a blessing to be in a place of peace in Ohio, an autumn environment that heals others as it shines.”