To describe America, it's necessary to capture the American spirit. I chose two pictures that, I believe, do this. The first is on top. America is vast. It's huge, seemingly unconquerable. The picture above is deep, and looking out on it, there really is a sense of "purple mountain's majesty." The landscape could go on forever, and man could have never known what lies behind it. (Kindly ignore what I interpret to be a city behind the scenic trees. Where in America is there not a city marring the perfect landscape? We've gone too far with what picture 2 exemplifies, but I'm getting ahead of myself.)
The second picture, below, is an illustration of the American Ideal. The landscape looks infinite, but we, the American people, can conquer it for ourselves. America is all about carving out a good life for yourself and your children, working hard and overcoming difficulty. It's easy to forget that in air conditioned buildings, with microwave popcorn and instantaneous information and communication. America is about (or I wish it was about?) taking what you need, and leaving what you've found for the next generation, or group of pioneers of whatever variety, to take, carving out their lives with the sweat of their hands just as you did.
(props to Maria for the multiple pictures idea. ;))
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