Curiosity about Lifein all its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Perhaps it was growing up in the quiet, openness of the prairies. Perhaps it was in the Sahara, or the Tibetan plains, the jungles of Vietnam, or the 20,000ft peaks of the Himalayas when curiosity found me. Perhaps, but somewhere, somehow, I developed an affinity for empty, forsaken places, for simplicity, for self-expression, for wanting more from what's in front of me.