Nature and Contrast in Baja: A Reflection from La Ventana

In La Ventana, the contrast between this wild cactus and the crisp white wall stopped me in my tracks—reminding me that harmony can exist in difference.

La Ventana, Baja Sur — Reflections
Date: May 8, 2025 | Time: 12:09 PM

There’s something about this scene I can’t stop looking at.

The tall green cactus—unyielding, wild, alive—pressed against the crisp geometry of a white concrete wall.

Nature and structure. Prickly and smooth.

One shaped by desert winds, the other by human hands.

And yet, they stand side by side—no fight, no need to match.

It reminds me that beauty isn’t always in blending.

Sometimes it’s in the contrast.

The permission to let two things be wildly different and still belong in the same frame.

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Photo Credit: Suzette Alvarez