The Awe of it All
with Erin Witbeck

Habitat: wild rivers are a part of this creatures bones. The canyons and tributaries as well as the mountains where Aspen groves span remind her how the web of an organism can offer both roots and shelter in a network of ways. She was swept away on The cliffs of the Scottish Hebrides and in the valleys of Nepal. The intersection of multicultural and sustainable habitats (farms, alternative building techniques, and community have woven nests with perspective and owl vision. Old myths of selkies and whale, offer habitats drawn upon in her art.  Collecting bones and rocks on the banks of the Salish Sea has been a recent favorite place to discover Orca and seal guides as well as ferns and mosses, banana slugs and barnacles. The landscape of motherhood has ultimately been the most influential and diverse shapeshifting landscape yet.

Behavior: Erin was humbled as a teen traveling to Colorado when she carried her life in a backpack through the Weminuche for the first time, and shaping her path toward Wilderness Therapy, Multicultural and Sustainable Education, and learning from various landscapes and guides, she graduated from Prescott College and returned to CO. One of the most diverse experiences that gave her awe was a research trip through the Grand Canyon on the CO River. As part of a successful effort to declare the tributaries as “WILD AND SCENIC” through Congress. She vowed and continues to run rivers with her family as stewards. Erin is pursuing writing and photography and is working on a book project based upon resilience. Sharing her love of writing with others cracks the widow into worlds of awe beyond the mundane into the sacred. An easy adventure without a passport