Textured variability
Vertical crests
Intervening furrows
Dominating the Cherry Springs Nature Area south of Pocatello, this trunk is part of the largest and most interesting tree in the Mink Creek Valley. Paranormal researchers are not sure why so much ghostly activity runs rampant here. Reportedly it is typical for visitors to feel like they’re being watched by a spiritual aura.
“The whole area is full of presence. There’s many things going on there.” – Colleen O’Hara-Epperly
Generous gesture
Adequate conjunction
Facade orientation
The frontal approach here provides a cheerfully enticing entrance area inviting active participation. All human achievement and future accomplishment involves meaning and intentional intercommunication.
“Grazing light allows emphasis of the textures of wall materials.” – Christian Schittich
Since 1902
Serving Southeast Idaho
Appliances mattresses
Most often such fading, antiquated, painted signs on downtown buildings are remnants of long-gone enterprises. In this case, however, Pocatello Electric is alive and kicking, still generating sparks.
“Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to offer you a great service.” – Mike Vigliaturo
Physical gesture
Spatial relationship
Viewpoint improvisation
Directly under an architectural embodiment, creative observation is a participatory experience. All aspects of spatial organization can be continually considered, refined, and aligned to serve current and anticipated desires and expectations.
“We forge received parts into meaningful compositions.” – Anne Bogart
Points of interest
Rugged landscape
Scenic resources
The Rocky Mountains are a prevalent feature always punctuating the lower Portneuf River Valley. Being on a picturesque campus accentuates the intellectual environment.
“Being in the mountains is good for the soul.” – Outside Magazine
Turn silver gray
Standing in weather
Seasons affirmed
A familiar venerable agricultural structure near the roadway always attracts attention on any trip north. Such residual artifacts persist as temporal evidence to help synchronize evolving cultures.
“Inside a barn is a whole universe, with its own time zone and climate and ecosystem, a shadowy world of swirling dust illuminated in tiger stripes by light shining through the cracks between the boards.” – Carolyn Jourdan
Anything else
Otherwise from present
Apart from this
Future concerns tend to dominate present conditions. The aesthetician’s task is often to distinguish events which mediate one circumstance relative to further opportunity. Practice is the most pressing of all strains of experience.
“Just keep going like crazy and look back when it’s over. Otherwise you just get confused.” – Cliff Burton
Art-deco style
Iconic marquee
Celebration token
All that is remaining of the downtown landmark Chief Theater in Pocatello is this restored sign located in a parking lot. I wonder to what extend it is now considered a symbol of cultural appropriation. Given that different cultures naturally interact and borrow or absorb ideas, how precisely can “cultural appropriation” be defined?
“We think the restoration of that sign is extremely important to the history of this community. We’re going to move ahead with it.” – Randy Dixon
Layers of light
Grazing incidence
Particulate contribution
Human vision features remarkable contrast adaptability. It is the differences detected in sensation stimulation that constitutes perceptibility, while an effective inferribility of the particular is its imposition of form.
“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.” – Crystal Woods
Passing storm
Radiant light
Silver patterns
Passing through the mountains of southeast Idaho, rare atmospheric beauty transpires. The opportunity to witness this fast moving and awe inspiring event was at its best at this momentary juncture. Such organized storms only fleetingly exist and then disperse, deepening the magnificence of the miracle.
“I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it seemed that a storm wanted to break the world and how the world refused to break.” – Benjamin Alire Sáenz