Fresh up: Marbach starts ‘Daily Bread’

For his new role, Marbach wrote this introduction:

As a landscape photographer, I have been privileged to witness and feel the magic of moments of wild beauty. Some moments have knocked me breathless to my knees, others defy description. I am often asked what is my favorite place or most memorable moment spent chasing the light.

That’s simply impossible to answer.

But what I can say with certainty is that the greatest gifts I have received have been the moments of self-discovery and the unexpected encounters with strangers in remote places. The image you may see in a gallery, calendar or book has such a deep rich story beyond what the eye takes in.

It is these encounters with rare light and the brilliance of strangers that I will weave into The Daily Bread column that hopefully will add some food for thought, and help wake us up to recognize the daily bread of small miracles that are around us every day, if only we open our eyes and hearts.

My morning ritual starts with sitting in the backyard in the pre-dawn light with a cup of instant coffee and Blue Sky toast. It starts with one bird, then another, then, a whole chorus greets the sky a color of thistle and rose. In this moment, everything is possible.

Since I was a child, I have been blessed with a vivid imagination made stronger since becoming a landscape photographer. For the things I have seen, things seemingly from outside of time, continue to be the daily bread that fuels my passion to now share some slices of stories of redemption, letting go, overcoming obstacles, taking risks, seeking the unattainable – all lessons learned simply by putting one foot in front of another to see what I can see.

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?” — Robert Browning