It's a classic view these days. But I am always amazed at how beautiful lago Pehoe is.

I’ve been coming to Torres now for 21 years. It's gone by in a blink. It’s an old friend and in a way, I feel i’ve grown up with it.

Sometimes I’ve found I have been in sync with it, other times I’ve felt that Torres del Paine’s difficult weather, and stubborn wilderness has left me realising it will never be tamed. That I will never be able to capture it when the full force of its dramatic weather systems takes a hold on the landscape.

Other times, like in this picture, it’s peaceful and easy to work with. Still, there’s always the hint that if you’re not quick enough, you just might lose the mountains as the cloud line lowers and they disappear for the rest of the day.

When the weather can be so unpredictable, it’s forgivable to make a shot that you have made countless times before. In a way, you’re just grateful to get to see the mountain range on a good day, when it’s in a good mood.

But one has to wonder: am I producing anything new here? And perhaps the deeper question is: and do I always have to?

In a way, if one wishes to push the boundaries of their own art, then I think there has to be an understanding that not all the work will be equal, and some of it might be more about being in the moment than actually bringing anything new to the table. One cannot always invent. Sometimes we have to take joy in whatever we are given, and to just accept and go with the flow.

Torres del Paine is, after all, an old friend. And like all old friends, I think we tend to go into a familiar patterns with them. Our dialog is the same. Same old thoughts, same old themes.

But in repeating our old ways, we may get a glimpse of how we have altered our views, if just a little. Of how, ever so slightly, we may have changed over the course of our relationship.

If I am to look back at my time in Torres del Paine, I can see there are aspects to the landscape I am still attracted to, pretty much like I was during my first visit back in 2003. Some things have not changed. But in other ways, I find myself looking for a more minimalistic view of the landscape.

And it’s not so obvious. It takes work, and while I am working, I am accompanied by the thought that any limiting factor I encounter, really lies with me, and not with the landscape.