{"id":187,"date":"2013-06-04T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2013-10-07T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:03:16","slug":"on-the-road-to-capture-john-muirs-yosemite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/on-the-road-to-capture-john-muirs-yosemite\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Road to Capture John Muir&#8217;s Yosemite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Travel Journal<\/h4>\n<p><em>July 1, 2013 &#8212;<\/em>\u00a0This series of posts recounts my June 2013 pilgrimage into the Sierra Nevada and includes slideshows with 160 of the best photos and videos from the trip.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Day 1: The Giant Forest\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/the-giant-forest\/\">Day 1: The Giant Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Day 2: Moro Rock and Crescent Meadow\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/moro-rock-and-crescent-meadow\/\">Day 2: Moro Rock and Crescent Meadow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Day 3: Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/yosemite-valley-and-glacier-point\/\">Day 3: Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Day 4: Tioga Road to May Lake, Tenaya Lake, and Tuolomne Meadows\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/tioga-road-to-may-lake-tenaya-lake-and-tuolomne-meadows\/\">Day 4: Tioga Road to May Lake, Tenaya Lake, and Tuolomne Meadows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Day 5: Hetch Hetchy and a Return to Yosemite Valley\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/hetch-hetchy-and-a-return-to-yosemite-valley\/\">Day 5: Hetch Hetchy and a Return to Yosemite Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Day 6: Mariposa Grove\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/mariposa-grove\/\">Day 6: Mariposa Grove<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mirror-lake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-210    \" alt=\"Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park\" src=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mirror-lake.jpg\" width=\"443\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mirror-lake.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mirror-lake-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>About the Trip<\/h4>\n<p><em>June 4, 2013<\/em> &#8212; Tomorrow I begin a cross-country train trip\u00a0from New York to California, where I&#8217;ll be photographing and filming in Yosemite National Park and nearby areas for multimedia project <strong><em>Illuminating John Muir&#8217;s<\/em> Yosemite<\/strong>\u00a0(more information about the project\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Nell Awarded Grant from NYU Steinhardt for Multimedia Project\" href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/nell-awarded-grant-from-nyu-steinhardt-for-multimedia-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>). I feel privileged and thrilled to undertake this exciting journey into the Sierra Nevada mountains.<\/p>\n<p>The visuals and field recordings I collect in Yosemite will be developed into a browser-based multimedia immersive environment accompanied by new music and selections from the writings of\u00a0naturalist\/conservationist\/genius John Muir.<\/p>\n<p>Travel and art are an inspiring combination. I\u00a0find the process of exploring new places becomes even more poignant and memorable with a creative project as my mission. Music and video piece\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/okeeffe\/thefaraway.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Faraway Nearby<\/em><\/a>\u00a0involved tracking down painter Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe&#8217;s favorite landscapes in New Mexico (read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/hello-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">my travel log<\/a>\u00a0about that adventure). My mini-documentaries for <a href=\"http:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Beyond the Notes: Music Inspired by Art<\/em><\/a>\u00a0led me to explore the homes and environments that inspired painters Thomas Cole and Charles Burchfield\u00a0(see posts\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/a-thomas-cole-pilgrimage\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Thomas Cole Pilgrimage<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/a-charles-burchfield-pilgrimage\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Charles Burchfield Pilgrimage<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;ll be posting about this project&#8217;s development.\u00a0<strong>You&#8217;re invited to follow my journey&#8217;s progress on this blog and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nellshawcohen\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel Journal July 1, 2013 &#8212;\u00a0This series of posts recounts my June 2013 pilgrimage into the Sierra Nevada and includes slideshows with 160 of the best photos and videos from the trip. Day 1: The Giant Forest Day 2: Moro Rock and Crescent Meadow Day 3: Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point Day 4: Tioga Road &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/on-the-road-to-capture-john-muirs-yosemite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On the Road to Capture John Muir&#8217;s Yosemite&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[65,64,66],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john-muir-yosemite","tag-john-muir","tag-sequoia-national-park","tag-yosemite-national-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}