This video documents the human and desert landscapes in and around Phoenix, Arizona and the spatial patterns each produces over time as the two exist independently or interact. For this video I filmed eight hour-long shots of life in and around the Phoenix metropolitan area. Phoenix is a community built in a desert valley punctuated by several mountains and mountain ranges. Here, differences between the human and natural environments are particularly pronounced; daily business maintains its frenetic pace within the stillness of the desert. To study and document theses modes of existence, I processed the shots using an algorithm I developed to shorten the duration of each to 30 seconds. Through the algorithm, only the points in space and time that change the most are transferred to the final piece you see. This process allows the viewer to immediately perceive long-term patterns of movement. For instance, a mass of hikers zigzags up a mountain and bushes become a swarm of static. But as the very different marks each environment leaves unfold, we see also that both share an existence as transient processes.