There are places of ever-changing natural beauty that become supernatural to many of those who are fortunate to see them frequently. Mount Fuji in Japan easily comes to mind as a famous cultural and sacred symbol loved by peasant and poet alike.
Many communities have their own, little-known local Mount Fuji vista by another name. For some of us here on the Naskeag Peninsula, it’s the Mount Cadillac view as seen across Blue Hill Bay. After we round the big curve and reach Amen Ridge, we find it impossible not to slow down and look left at the familiar distant Mountain in Acadia National Park.
It’s a vista that compels us to take in a wide swath of our environment under the conditions of the moment and to think about those conditions at least for a moment. As you see here, the conditions yesterday were beautiful by all conventional standards and, as usual, they evoked feelings of good fortune. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on October 4, 2021.)