Peaceful Agitation
Worldwide presence
Tranquil interval
Ocean health
The sea is often very soothing on the soul.
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.” – Bram Stoker
Phenomenal Order
Immanent principles
Transcendental realities
Necessary theorizing
Dawn breaks just behind the primary beach dune and illuminates the oceanfront houses.
“Applying the categories of understanding to noumena leads to illusions.” – Sreekumar Nellickappilly
Affinity Conception
Sufficient reason
Speculative principle
Turn into itself
Back in the moist mental state that is the swamp.
“The trick is in what one emphasizes.” – Carlos Castaneda
Transportscape
Wyoming roaming
Road to the future
Destination springtime
Should probably have stopped for a while to linger and contemplate this magnificent scene.
“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” – Roman Payne
Balanced Rock
Natural attraction
Poised above
Edge ledge
Gravity is always working, most evident on precariously balanced rocks known as reverse seismometers.
“Maybe wind and water will eat away at its base or perhaps an earthquake will shake it loose.” – Stewart M. Green
Sunset Gazebo
Living space
Functional touch
Relaxing solace
The Whalehead Club in historic Corolla offers free light shows most evenings.
“It’s calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.” – Fiona Apple
Pinnacle Spire
Extensive ridge
Surviving remnant
Natural fracture lines
Independence Monument is an iconic geological structure in western Colorado.
“To me, we’re all in the great wide open. I think life is pretty wild.” – Tom Petty
Grand Mesa
Pristine nature
Volcanic basalt
Flat-topped mountain
Wildly divergent geography and landscape can be experienced by driving relatively short distances from Grand Junction.
“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.” – John Muir
Free Roaming
Feral horse
Untamed state
Managed as wildlife
The Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range is located in northwest Colorado, about 8 miles northeast of Grand Junction.
“I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a horse.” – John Galsworthy
Believing in Moments
Primal state
Spiritual nature
Eternal unity
Illumination contrast marks the vastness of extent on the Western Slope.
“A perpendicular has more force in forming the sublime, than an inclined plane; and the effects of a rugged and broken surface seem stronger than where it is smooth and polished.” – Edmund Burke