The textures of the curving, bleached dead wood and the richly colored red rock contrast mightily here: sun vs. shade, red vs. gray, rough vs. smooth. The wood, of course, was once living material, and is now as lifeless as the rock behind it. While the rock holds its color, the wood does not. Ultimately, however, it is texture, defined by light that makes the dead wood seem dimensional, and incongruously alive.