I think i’m beginning to understand the mystical pull of this photograph to so many people. I’ve had many e-mails about it and more than 25 prints have been purchased at $125 each plus $6 shipping. That is an a awful lot of sales for an art photo now.

There are two threads that run through the comments. I think the path is central to this photo’s appeal, and the fact that it leads towards the light.

Many people see it as inspiration. I should have called it “Hero Journey,” that’s what it makes me think of now.

Many see it is a communication from loves ones, in some cases from cats or dogs. The fact that the path leads off into the sun is important to many of the people buying it.

I take photos like that spontaneously, I feel them rather than think about them. I thought of the photo as a metaphor for my own Hero Journey, leaving the familiar behind and setting off into the unknown.

In any case, we are keeping the photo up for sale on Maria’s Etsy Shop, it still costs $125 plus $6 shipping. It is 8.5 x 12.5 unframed, printed on the absolutely best archival paper, and it is signed by me.

Every time I put a photo up, a few people buy it, so I’ll keep doing that until we run out of buyers.

Art photography is under siege from high-quality smart phone camera, but there are so many things a photographer can do with a big camera and quality lenses.

I appreciate the messages about this photo, I am beginning to understand it better myself. Whether you buy it or not, you can see it here. Bedlam Music is also for sale on Maria’s Etsy Shop.

And thanks for loving these photographs.