The huge rocks that litter the Cosumnes River have relatively little color in them. Seen in color, these rocks are largely brown/black, with greenish water swirling around them. By converting the image to black and white, we process this information differently. The rocks become less real and more symbolic. They are now satiny black, the water embracing them in gouts of white froth. The abstracting power of black and white imagery now goes right to the soul of the subject itself, which shows us how the forces of nature have created the world we live in.