2024—Catching the Moon

Anthropomorphism seems to run rampant in Monument Valley. The rock formations throughout the valley are reminiscent of many things with names born from the viewer’s cultural experiences. There are mittens, and a camel (that seems now more like Snoopy laying atop his doghouse than a camel), and elephants, and nuns (known as the three sisters). I don’t know the name of the formation on the left but I’m sure it has one. To me it is not a mitten, because it has five “fingers” so, more of a mitt——a baseball mitt—— reaching to catch the moon before it sets.