A PHANTOM BETWEEN THE STARS ABOVE AND THE RIVER BELOW

SOUTHEASTERN UTAH DURING A FULL MOON IS PURE MAGIC. THOUGH I'M SURE THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR ANYTIME YOU'RE OUT THERE. THIS AREA IS UNDENIABLY BEAUTIFUL.

WE DIPPED INTO THIS LITTLE CORNER OF UTAH FOR ONE NIGHT AFTER LEAVING ARIZONA AND BEFORE WE MOVED ON TO NEW MEXICO. I HAD FOUND A SPOT WHERE YOU CAN CAMP RIGHT ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER CANYON RIM AND LOOK OUT AND SEE HOW A RIVER HAS MEANDERED ITS WAY THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE OVER THE LAST MILLION YEARS. 

IT WAS A FULL MOON THE NIGHT WE WERE THERE, BUT YOU COULD STILL PEER UP THROUGH THE WOODSMOKE AND SEE MORE STARS THAN YOU CAN SEE IN NEARLY ANY CITY. THE MOON SHINING ON MONUMENT VALLEY IN THE DISTANCE MAKING EVERYTHING LOOK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 AND 500 MILES AWAY SOMEHOW. TINY, FLICKERING CAMPFIRES DOWN ALONG THE RIVER BANK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON WERE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE - SOMEONE'S SITE FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVE FURTHER DOWN RIVER. 

EVEN WITH THE LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON, THE GROUND SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE CAMPFIRE AND CROSSING INTO THE DARKNESS FELT LIKE IT MEANT CERTAIN DEATH. THERE WAS A DIZZYING BUZZ AROUND OUR HEADS - A LARGE MOTH ATTRACTED TO THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE.  THE WAY THE WINGS SOUNDED IN OUR EARS MADE US BOTH THINK THE SAME THING.  "A PHANTOM", TREVOR SAID, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THIS MUST BE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO  EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF A GHOST. 

CHAINSTITCH EMBROIDERY AND HAND KNOTTED STARS AND SAGE BLOOMS ON LINEN AND INDIGO DYED TEXTURED COTTON. 22" LONG (INCLUDING HANG TABS) BY 20" WIDE. BACKED WITH COTTON CANVAS AND INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN LABEL WITH CHAINSTITCHED DETAIL.

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HANGING HARDWARE NOT INCLUDED.  SHOWN HERE DISPLAYED ON A 1.25" DOWEL ROD HUNG BETWEEN TWO WALL HOOKS. 

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