Landscape

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

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

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

Seclude selectively
Domain of privacy
Limited access

I pass-by this appealing small delicate lake on my daily walk. Adjacent signs along the road warn that the lake is restricted, with use allowed only for residents. The capacity of an individual or group to insulate themselves from unsanctioned invasion is a fundamental justification of the state. Although the boundaries and substance of what is considered private may differ among individuals and cultures, the desire for protection seems to be a common theme of social organization.

“Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect.” – Criss Jami

Vitalist aspect
Unity experience
Subjectivist paradigm

The landscape is a lucid relationship of nature and culture as a visual expression of the continuum of time. While the soil and stone that substantiate a panorama may be ancient, the conspicuous vegetation has only recently emerged.

“The mind swells out to fill the entire landscape, becoming so diffuse in the process that one loses the ability to keep it fastened to the physical self.” – Haruki Murakami

Fleeting moment
Passing landscape
Temporal boundaries

Abandoned structures that persist, long after their usefulness has expired, stimulate reflection. The unknown shapes existence, as time and being are both inescapable and mysterious.

“Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former – Being – be addressed as something temporal nor can the latter – time – be addressed as a being.” – Martin Heidegger

Towering vertical
Equilibrium level
Frontal squall line

While driving through rural Louisiana in the late aftrernoon, green clouds on the horizon appear ominous. For the visual artist, thunderstorms are as seductive as clear sunshine.

“There is peace even in the storm.” – Vincent van Gogh

Water conveyance
Synthetic reservoir
Seasonal variations

A desirable river resource can be augmented by building a series of small extensions into the surrounding embankments.

“Stay focused and channel your little efforts through a common canal and you will marvel at the amount of pressure you create in that canal.” – Israelmore Ayivor

Condensation expansion
Preferential scattering
Systematically returned

A storm transition on Lopez Island magically lights up the backyard. When there is complete appreciation, any particular item belongs to what is already apparent. For the finite individual there is great joy in the experience of freshness.

“From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.” – Tony Hillerman

Actual intricacies
Peculiar perplexities
Frame an account

Thinking in terms of time and space forming qualitative differences in conscious states, here atmospheric contingencies blend with surface elements to present an unusual visual presentation to the passing traveler.

“It is another property of the human mind that whenever men can form no idea of distant and unknown things, they judge them by what is familiar and at hand.” – Giambattista Vico