Wood and steel
Nice long bar
Hanging out
A cool local brewery that features tasty, fresh, craft beer on tap in a congenial tavern is a fantastic local resource. Such a venue is well worth seeking out in any town or burg.
“The bitterness is prominent, but is nicely balanced with a generous malty backbone that is laced with a touch of sweetness.” – Davis Gove
Emotionally intense
Visual collaboration
Mountain framework
Featuring mythic aspects, occasionally an opportunity manifests that awakens an understanding of the magnitude of the American frontier. The history, mythology, and mystery of the landscape is a continuing dramatic narrative. Nature provides a classroom for discovery and spiritual learning.
“Value does the work but color gets the credit.” – Ray Roberts
Furniture building
Make your own terms
That speak of the past
An ephemeral sign on the exterior wall of an old building slowly succumbs to the vicissitudes of time.
“I think people should appreciate some of these buildings a little more. Not just because they are old and they have history but because they are built better and include much more personal details.” – Matt Spencer
Boundary layer
Parcel expansion
Convection constraint
The complexity of our atmospheric stratification is sometimes on display. Changes in air temperature and pressure occur with increasing altitude. An inversion represents a deviation from the normal atmospheric altitude variation by acting as a cap.
“This is where the air motion is determined by the properties of the Earth’s surface.” – Marino Tahi
Freight hauling
Overland route
Rail road
Civilization’s remnant structures retain hints and echoes of an industrial heritage. Early transcontinental transportation hubs still define the local ambiance of some western venues. Part of the incentive was to establish unique remote locations appearing desirable as travel destinations.
“Boys did not go to work on the railroad simply because their fathers did. What fetched them were sights and sounds of moving trains, and above all the whistle of a locomotive. I’ve heard of the call of the wild, the call of the law, the call of the church. There is also the call of the railroad.” – Gary Krist
Interior conduction
Radiating center
Power flow
Unusual encounters reorient understanding of “things that appear.” A remarkable example of natural phenomena can simulate an analysis of ideas and a subsequent reduction of all convictions and concepts to their origins in experience.
“Connection between life and radioactive nuclei is straightforward. No life without tectonic activity, without volcanic activity. And we know very well that geothermal energy is mostly produced by decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium.” – Garik Israelian
Shifting tension
Precipitate nature
Regression progress
Experience and reflection gradually render dogmas suspicious. New doubts make for more available paths forward.
“Never get mired in the past and always accept new things whatever age you are.” – Debbie Harry
Well-established
Widely celebrated
Physical elements
Landscapes embody a living synthesis, displaying a comprehensive vital force enveloping existence as a spontaneous morphogenesis of things in an increasingly complex configuration.
“In the continuum of landscape, mountains are discontinuity — culminating in high points, natural barriers, unearthly earth.” – Rebecca Solnit
External constructs
Idealization equilibrium
Condition of tension
Out and about in a tiny Montana mountain town on a cold clear winter night, bright decorative lights embellish adventure. Apparent manifestations inform states of consciousness, as each individual creates a world of visceral fortune approaching certainty.
“They howl at the moon, shoot out the light; It’s a small town Saturday night.” – Pat Alger
Aqua constrained
Acidic thermal
Viscous slurry
A variegated mud geothermal feature, nourished by hot-springs, remains active during the winter season. Effervescing under a blanket of snow, at various junctures the ground heat overwhelms the freezing cold.
“Along this section of the path, you’ll notice that the Artists’ Paintpots feature a collection of pastel colors. This is because iron oxide stains their whitish/gray mud.” – Courtney Holden