CREATE.PRESERVE.PERSEVERE.

Lori Ryker's second lecture was all about creating a sense of place through adventure. She believed that we must engage the world in order to provide to the world, meaning put yourself into nature before you begin the design. An adventure's outcome is unknown and could result in either failure or success...essentially, adventure is a risk, and the most adventurous way to engage in the world fully is through walking. Walking is a mental and physical engagement, don't look at a site from overhead...you won't understand the environment fully.

She spoke of a painter, who moved from California to Montana, who felt that it took him two years to fully understand the landscape of Montana. Lori said that being engaged in the world takes practice. So take risks for creativity, because a civilization is not dependent upon economics but truth, beauty, and peace.