Yearly Archives: 2019

Memorabilia

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

Airborne Sunset

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

Crystal Summit

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

Corvair

Rear-mounted
Air-cooled engine
Portmanteau

Cultural inertia influences advancement and detrimental experiences often reverberate more tenaciously than those more propitious. Although innovative by featuring a number of high tech ideas, several early Corvair design flaws undoubtedly changed the trajectory of GM’s product development towards the risk-averse culture that would dominate future generations of automobile design.

“The Corvair package of elegance, thrift and fun on the road has always been hard to beat.” – 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Brochure

Mizzle

Soft soothing day
Mist drizzle accord
Melancholy impression

Lake Cena on a saturated gray day in the middle of an enveloping weather event of delicate temperament.

“Lake Cena was once loaded with boaters and swimmers, and the spring house was popular for its drinkable mineral water.” – Matt Bird-Meyer

Old Faithful

Natural feature
Majestic landmark
Lengthening intervals

The verticle height of the Old Faithful geyser historically varies from between 100 to 180 feet, with an average around 135 feet. Eruptions normally last between 1.5 to 5 minutes. Prediction of interval between eruptions is dependent upon the duration of the previous discharge. During a gusher, the steam vapor temperature rises above 350°F, while the water temperature at the vent reaches 204°F.

“Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.” – Alexis Carrel

Midnight Rider

Visibility traction
Sparking awareness
Point of caring

Streaming past at high speed, a moving vehicle interposes light waves in its environment. This simultaneous passage observation of a discrete object and associated energy waves indicates directional vector behavior.

“And I’ve got one more silver dollar, but I’m not gonna let them catch me, no not gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.” – Gregg Allman

Ventiplanes

Quarter glass
Articulation
Vent window

Featuring a latch and hinges allowing for an inward pivot rotation to funnel air into the cabin and cool the occupants, the small, triangular, front-side window is a vehicle feature now extinct. Although vent windows were once a central component of the driving experience, by the 1980’s automobile air conditioning gained popularity and front window vents disappeared from production.

“Although the front venting windows provide unmatched ventilation, air turbulence and leakage outweigh the benefits.” – Jim Dunne

Spring Venture Group

Develop forward
Relationship imagination
Leveraging system

Some mental representations do not aim at things as they might actually exist. In theoretical thought experiments, and in practical decision-making, imagining something does not require the desire or expectation that something as considered is the real case.

“We use data science and technology to help us find more channels to communicate our message.” – Alex Allen

Train Station

Illumined dusk
Atmospheric walking
Manassas platform

In the continued narrative of progression, some industrial revolution remnants of nineteenth century technology linger-on in the twenty first century. The Manassas Train Station was built in 1914 and yet remains one of the busiest AMTRAK stops in the region. It conveys many commuters engaged in repetitive periodic travel between residence and work. Although commuting induced psychosomatic disorders are moderately reduced by eliminating driving, all incessant societal stressors take their toll.

“If you are happy in the station, then the station becomes your train! In other words, if you are happy where you are, it means that you are already traveling!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

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