The Visual Appeal of Aridity
In my daily life, I far and away favor lusher landscapes with trees, bountiful greenery and plentiful flowering plants, and I have no doubt that evolution plays a role to this day in these hard-wired affinities that I share with much of humanity.
But why then do I so intrinsically crave time, and find such a sense of comfort and renewal, in the arid reaches of the American west (like here at Factory Butte in southern Utah) where the lack of plant life leaves the elements unchecked for millennia to carve the exposed landscape into masterworks of unhidden form? I can't explain it well, but I just know that I love it, and I can't wait to get back out there.
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The Visual Appeal of Aridity
In my daily life, I far and away favor lusher landscapes with trees, bountiful greenery and plentiful flowering plants, and I have no doubt that evolution plays a role to this day in these hard-wired affinities that I share with much of humanity.
But why then do I so intrinsically crave time, and find such a sense of comfort and renewal, in the arid reaches of the American west (like here at Factory Butte in southern Utah) where the lack of plant life leaves the elements unchecked for millennia to carve the exposed landscape into masterworks of unhidden form? I can't explain it well, but I just know that I love it, and I can't wait to get back out there.
Thanks for viewing!