The Arrow

The Arrow — photographs by Robin Blackstone

The Arrow
Exploring the Connection Between Culture & Health

The Arrow — Exploring the Connection Between Culture & Health

When I was a child at the edge of the Grand Canyon, my father and I hunted arrowheads along the rim. The Arrow is where I keep what I find now — photographs and essays from the places where culture and health are the same thing.

Dispatches

Photographs and essays, made in the field. Every picture begins with an asking.

The School She Could Not See

Old Havana. The ballet school Alicia Alonso built and could barely see — cracked mirrors, perfect fifth positions, and what institutions keep.

She Gave the Answer First

Varanasi, Dev Deepawali. Every photograph is a negotiation — the leaf, the pyre, and the consent on which every picture rests.

The Dead Part of the Plant Scatters the Seed

A tumbleweed wedged in a slot canyon, and what it teaches about American healthcare. The water always comes back.

The Light Between Worlds

Diwali on the Ganges — a meditation in light.

The Weight of Faith

Semana Santa in Antigua — resilience, endurance, health.

Origin Story

The Grand Canyon, my father, and the arrowheads that named this blog.

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