Balance, Contrast and Harmony

When you first talked about finding something that had balance, contrast and harmony this was the first location that came to mind. Yes, that is the arch that you see driving around town on the license plates of many, many cars. It is also the location of the annual field trip I took during my elementary school years. It is my hometown and while I haven't gone on this hike in multiple years (there are better ones that only the locals know) this view still sticks with me as thought I saw it just yesterday.

This photo does an excellent job of showing the contrast that occurs at this location at practically all times of the time. The reddish/orange rock that stands strong in front of the ever blue skies is quite magnificent. Below the great arch is a bowl shaped valley that gathers a great amount of water after rain - allowing for even more contrast to take place between the roughness of the rock and the smooth glisten of the water. Also, if you were to rotate and look more to your left (I believe that would be South West, but don't quote me on that) you would see the LaSal Mountains behind the arch - also another great contrast. 

This photo also has balance in it. While the arch structure is on the left, the orange coloration is carried through to the right side which causes my eye to move through the whole picture and balances out the arch as well. 

I also feel harmony when I look at this picture. Possible because of the memories I have of this location. Other memories also cause me great dissonance. Is that possible? For something so remarkable and peaceful looking that holds so many calm memories to also be filled with so much dissonance as I remember all of the kids (myself included) roaming around, loudly echoing our voices and scuffing our knees.

At the end of the day, this is home. And while this arch is found on multiple St. George related items, it isn't St. George, nor is it even that close. It's a five hour trip and it's a special place (over-run by tourists a lot of the time), but if you know the right time, a very special place.