Landscape

Aesthetic argument
Essential good
Inherent in the physical

Always seeking new ways to express the sense of place, progress follows effort.

“And what was there accepted us.” – Michael Donhauser

Strong connection
Time place optimism
Evaluative standard

Even walking a dog along a grassy path on a wet overcast day opens aesthetic possibility.

“Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend.” – Corey Ford

Territory value
Ecosystem proximity
Unity independence

With considerably fewer people around, many more wild animals appear.

“Indeed, landscape is a piece of nature that insists on breaking away from the whole.” – Federico López Silvestre

Enigmatic landscape
Barrier backside
Coastal dune

The nuances of place emerge over an extended time exposure, as the experience of what is becomes apparent.

“There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.” – Josephine Hart

Hotter than the sun
Electrostatic discharge
Water conductor

Exhilaratingly magnificent, one of the most interesting sights on the beach are thunderstorms out over the sea.

“Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

Material principals
Permanent transformation
Freedom of the sea

A one hundred and eight degree view of the Atlantic.

“Despite the many dangers associated with it, the obvious “otherness” of the ocean has not stopped humans from being curious about it.” – Kira Gee

Ecological conception
Aesthetic experience
Capacity to humanize

Deep in the forest, aesthetic comfort transpires. The natural roots of inspiration are substantial and ancient.

“In the creation and reception of art the embodied subject is fully at home with his or her environment.” – Paul Crowther

Time whirl
Vertical thrust
Slants of light

Some venues are surprisingly rich in aesthetic potential, offering tremendous diversity in visual expression.

“The color-patches of vision part, shift, and reform as I move through space in time.” – Annie Dillard

Perfect adaptation
Niche authenticity
Place knowledge

The sense relationship with the atmospheric matrix is more meaningful when natural.

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” – Henry David Thoreau

Spatial matrix
Successive segments
Extensive continuum

Over time the forest reaches equilibrium.

“The continuum only exists in the spatio-temporal gaps between actual occasions, but it is what unifies the occasions in one common world.” – Luciana Parisi