Cold ways
Winter silence
Duration resolve
Repainting the landscape’s surface, the morning sun appears above the mountains, evoking a quite elegance and calm feeling of enchantment. Winter is filled with warm memories.
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.” – John Burroughs
Hydrogeochemical significance
Contextualize eloquently
Black sand basin
When in contact with cold winter air, hot spring water creates copious steam. The morning sun breaks through to illuminate frozen tree tops in a display of sublime wonder.
“Fill a thin goblet with Crème de Menthe, on the top drop a few “beads” of absinthe, and you will have a faint, only a faint idea of the glistening green glory of Emerald Pool, which can be compared to nothing unless one can imagine liquefied Chinese fire or the unknown, unnamable tones seen under the influence of an anesthetic or during delirium.” – Lee H. Whittlesey
Low level path
Least resistance
Flow meanderings
Looking downstream from a bridge overpass, river geology offers an interesting perspective. Of course overlooking such a vista evokes an eternal question that asks to what extent appearances relate to reality.
“I mean, you could claim that anything is real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!” – J.K. Rowling
Tarpaulin cover
Temporary huts
Produce harvest
Blending into the winter landscape, farmers wait for higher prices by holding a perishable product in a salable and edible condition from one season to another. Market conditions drive distribution.
“Not everyone can be a truffle. Most of us are potatoes. And a potato is a very good thing to be.” – Massimo Bottura
Kicked up mist
Cloud of spray
Refraction dispersion
On a very cold and bright winter day, the trip to Shoshone Falls was highlighted by a natural optical phenomena, a polarized spectral arch hovering over the canyon. When perceptible, a rainbow follows the arc of a precise circle centered on the shadow of the observer’s head.
“Rainbows have a way of making the world seem right.” – Anthony T. Hincks
Immediate gratification
Expect convenience
Deserve service
To fulfill a relational obligation to sustain certain demands, the ‘common good’ refers to material, cultural and/or institutional facilities available to a community furnishing members desirable services.
“Common sense is not so common.” – Voltaire
Without ornamentation
Pure geometric forms
Plain materials
The built environment is entwined with fascinating observations comprising an impressive amount of creative depth. Often the seemingly most minimal design is full of precise complexity.
“There is a poetic nature to minimalism that is about striking a balance between full and empty.” – Jennie C. Jones
Texture softness
Compulsive layers
Intense sensation
Grey and brown in a revealing intricate interplay seems to speak for something profound in a winter foliage aggregate study.
“Never close your mind to a color. Remember, too, that texture is an important element.” – Anne Fogarty
Hot mud flow
Viscous materials
Sorted by grain size
Thermopile organisms subsist and thrive in radical conditions, such as the extreme heat and acid present in Yellowstone’s various hydrothermal environments. Some thermophiles manufacture sulfuric acid, using hydrogen sulfide as an energy source, which subsequently breaks-down rock into clay minerals.
“The mind becomes clearer, the faculties are more alive, and ideas spring forth more spontaneously.” – Pierre-Jean De Smet
Design support
Reasonable intention
Stress concentration
Architectural details can relate as interacting angles and textures. Articulating an excursion to a reciprocating mental substratum, aesthetics is an alternate realm of experience affording a deeper stratum of cogitation.
“Designing structures is an art and this needs to be transparent, as designs come and go but creativity stays there.” – Tabish Rasool