Pastura, New Mexico patiently awaits answers to a timeless question.
If the veil is torn from a mystery, does the mystery still exist?
When tugged, does the veil resist?
Is this veil something we should even approach? Or is it best we stay away and allow the mystery to exist and nourish itself undisturbed?
Years ago, around what is now Pastura, New Mexico, northeast of Socorro, the Mescalero Apache understood both the veil and the mystery better than most.
They tried to stay on good terms with their god, Ussen, who existed before the creation of the universe.
And they knew all the questions they asked would be answered by nature.
