A lone tobacco barn with a red tin roof perches on a bald hillside.
Horses whip their tails lazily about in a wildflower-dappled meadow.
Mountain ridges mist over blue in the evening, while the sun's setting rays cast splashes of angry pinks, oranges and golds across the puff-clouded skies. A town square comes alive with warm lights, as the silhouettes of dining patrons bob in silent conversations through picture windows. No doubt, these scenes of life in the mountains, not to mention the powerful stimulus of the primordial visions of nature surrounding us, unleash a certain creativity within. The pure beauty of the natural canvas inspires. And the provocative mix of people who reside within these mountains enlivens the arts and creates refreshing debate.