The most expressive landscapes show less of the subject in order to say more about it. This is a good example of that concept. I watched and waited as the sun slowly dipped below the rim of the canyon, observing the changing pattern of light and shadow. Three of the five rock formations before me are barely seen abstractions, because of the dark shadows that engulf them. The formation closet to my vantage point is still reflecting the last rays of the setting sun along the top of its façade. It looks like an illuminated cake with one candle on it – formed by the sun splashed edge of the butte just behind it. We are celebrating the geological result of six million years of erosion here, and we do it by showing less in order to say more.