Sometimes I struggle for the words to define my love of volcanoes. I have always thought of this intersection of art and geology as a tectonic subduction zone where my geological perspective of the world is pulled, melted, and molded into expressions of art.
I’ve thought of coining a new word to describe my enthusiastic devotion to volcanoes – both in art and science. I believe it is a form of theology, which is defined as rational inquiry into religious questions. A person who studies, or is well-versed in theology, is a theologian, therefore I’ve coined the term “Geologian” to describe those for whom the study of geology is a form of spiritual inquiry.