TITLE | Siddhartha
ARTIST | Stephen Proctor
LOCATION | New Zealand
EDITION 1/1
MUSIC PAIRING | ["Om Namah Shivaaya"](https://music.apple.com/us/album/om-namah-shivaaya/350515748?i=350515775) by Russill Paul
The vibrant, colorful life of this river system is made possible by the slow death of its ancient, frozen predecessor. As a glacier melts & chips away, it releases a chalky sediment referred to as "flour", which eventually settles on the shallow riverbed. This is what gives the water its vibrant blue color, especially when illuminated by sunlight. And the fine soil that was pulverized by the glacier eons ago is what allows the streams to spread & flow like veins, eventually reu...