Striking color, Contesting patterns, Forward imagery. This piece depicts the past, present, and future of Utah and its valleys. Having risen early in the start of the westward movement Utah and its busy-bee nature was born. Homesteads dotted the land and fields of crops stretched to reach as high as the mountains did. In our time this resemblance of prosperity would change. No longer did crops seek to tower tall but skyscrapers themselves threatened to overcome the beautiful slopes. Sleek and slender are the beams of steel and alluring are their streets. And while all are entranced by a seamless path into the future one should always stop and ask whether it leads where one would like to go. The future has come but its resemblance is unfamiliar. With no big buildings and pristine streets, the future is earthy but still quite the feat. For the future here is not found in bigger and more for the future is green. Through constraint and wise wisdom, the future will be a brighter and connected land. Not bright of the lights from cityscapes. But bright of the stars and trains that run through country byways.