Fieldwork

Erin Robertson installed her piece Heavenly Blue last weekend in the field.  So far, he has received at least one wave from someone driving by thinking he was a real person standing in the field!  More about this installation to come….

 the sound a snow angel makes

(click on the link above to listen) 

A beautiful gesture by my neighbours dedicated to an inspired and generous member of our community whose spirit will live on. 

Prayer Flags

The hanging of Tibetan Prayer Flags has a long history. According to an article by Timothy Clark that I found online,

‘The ancient Buddhist prayers, mantras and powerful symbols displayed on them produce a spiritual vibration that is activated and carried by the wind across the countryside.  All beings that are touched by the wind are uplifted and a little happier.  The silent prayers are blessings spoken on the breath of nature. Just as a drop of water can permeate the ocean, prayers dissolved in the wind extend to fill all of space.’ 

For much more information and wonderful pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag 

The journeys that other creatures take which crossed my path…

note the destination (hole) at the end of the path

After a snow the Path changes.  It is obscured, loses its clarity/presence and withdraws under a blanket of white.  Clearing it with my shovel feels like excavating an underground stream.

Gesture - Huddle. January 28, 2009 

The clarity and energy of yesterday’s sun shifted to a wall of descending white today. Activity replaced with lethargy - the open stretch by the inward curl.  

 Thank you Beth Girdler for taking these pictures for me!

There have been some new additions to the Beacon in the last few days!

I had time on the Thanksgiving weekend for an interesting observation.  Sitting at the edge of the field, I watched cars drive by the fieldwork site and slowdown to a crawl or stop completely on the road to view the work, but only a fraction of those people actually got out of their cars to walk around the field.

I have no idea why this was happening.  And what made it even stranger was that the majority of these drive by viewers were on the autumn artist studio tour in the area, so they had to have some interest in seeing art that day. 

Did they think it was private property?  Is roadside art like a billboard?  Is it a car culture thing?  Was everyone on a tight schedule touring studios? Did they see me lurking in the trees and get scared?

What do you think?  If you did the drive by thing, write me and tell me why.  Maybe it will inspire a future piece. - Chris G.

It seems that someone’s taken to doing a bit of performance art in the Field…Some ‘gesture’ drawings with a car I believe!  Donuts around the signs and all.  I heard the car squeal to a halt as it passed by a few nights ago and reverse, gravel flying, into the field, pause by a sign, then peel out (apparently in a tight circle), and continue on its/his/her merry, gravel spewing, way.  Ah, the adrenaline!!

-Susie