“Consigned To Oblivion”

October 2 2025

A meditation on impermanence and a forgotten life… a rough and weathered grave stone lies almost lost among the vibrant green grass and dry pine needles… nameless and unidentified. The inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington “…known but to God” comes to mind as you view the quiet assertion of dignity for the forgotten individual this stone memorializes. There are no county or cemetery records to identify this person. Photograph taken at the Angus Cemetery in Lincoln County New Mexico.