Ode to Desolation by Lindsey Hagen

Naturalist, illustrator and fire lookout Jim Henterly contemplates life at his remote mountain post as technology and AI threaten to make human lookouts obsolete.

A gorgeous, contemplative portrait of one of North America's last fire lookouts and the human way of seeing nature.

Ode to Desolation shares the story of Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator and fire lookout as he

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