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At The Middle Of The World 02 By Peter Leighton: 10Dec; PART TWOIf Ecuador were a bed covering, it would be a crazy quilt. And, if it were music, it would be a mashup of different centuries, cultures, geologies, climates, and ethnicities. Were it an animal, it would be feral, and sighting it would take your breath away. If it were human, it would be its own worst enemy. For better or worse, Ecuador is, instead, a developing nation, teetering precariously at the edge of time and circumstance, vacillating between the siren calls of opposing...; Tags: Andean Highlands, Art, Documentary, Ecuador, Photography, Photojournalism, Travel

I grew up in the 1960's in Weatherford, TX, a rural community composed mostly of gasoline stations and evangelical churches, 28 miles west of Ft. Worth–in those days, a city considered to be a primary target for Soviet nuclear attack.

John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas 60 miles away in 1962. My high school was on the verge of winning a regional championship that fall. And, in spite of the popular belief that the assassination presaged World War III, on Friday night, November 22, we played football.

Thus, at an early age, did I learn a little something about absurdity and the contradictory ways humans devise to mitigate life’s mysteries and uncertainties.

I have been a student and observer of the human condition ever since.

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