My name is John Charles Ricker. I am an artist, writer, speaker, and thinker who lives in Minneapolis.
This blog will evolve as I explore this medium of expression, but I expect it will always contain my photography and art. Some of the art will be straightforward, but over half of it will play with one's perception.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
After a physics lab tour at Soudan Underground Mine State Park it took me a few minutes for my eyes to adjust to the sunlight again. When they did, this scene greeted me and I was in awe. The cliffs in this state park are beautiful. I look forward to when the Minnesota DNR finishes its work on Lake Vermillion State Park and combines it with this state park. The new park will be a compelling reason to visit Tower Minnesota, which is only two miles from the park.
The physics tour was interesting, but if you—like me—have been keeping up to date on cosmology, it’s a bit boring at times. The mine tour guides call the mine tour the “Indiana Jones Tour” and they call the physics lab tour the “James Bond Tour.” I think relating it to “James Bond” is a stretch, but it’s pretty amusing lingo nonetheless.
Note: Click on the image to get to the larger version of it in my online gallery.
