Circumstantial factors
Implicational relationship
Conditioning consequence
A complete snow cover, coupled to sparsely distributed town lights, make a night walk in West Yellowstone an engaging aesthetic experience. Negotiating the intersection of contrasts in motion, new patterns appear that create each transitory moment.
“Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer
Thin crust
Top component
Mechanical properties
The earth’s crust has spawned through igneous processes, which explains its diversity of material elements and appearances. In a formulation state, here the variety and phenomena of observable continental surface materials interacts with the atmosphere.
“Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.” – John McPhee
Solitary animal
Boreal forest
Select habitat
A quick stop for lunch while on the trip from Pocatello to West Yellowstone offered-up the first and only moose sighting of the journey. Nice to encounter such a prodigious animal in its natural surroundings.
“And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like!” – Rocket J. Squirrel
Options on accessing
Embedded variation
Research reality
A time and motion analysis of physical activity can be considered a component of an entire performance. Produced and preceded by internal feeling and alternating currents, different observers in distinct dynamic states perceive unique realities.
“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.” – John Muir
Dark red branches
Damp wetland soil
Dense thickets
In its dormant season, the shrubby twig color of red osier dogwood becomes a dominant landscape feature along certain flowing streams. The white snow background effectively isolates the attractive winter stems.
“Known as cansasa in Lakota, the inner bark was also used by the Lakota and other Native Americans as “traditional tobacco”, either by itself or in a mixture with other plant materials.” – Charles L. Cutler
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