Thursday, September 12, 2013
A Scale Model
As I made my search of accidental art today, I was an a hunt for the ephemeral. What would be existing today that probably wouldn't be there tomorrow? What would only I be able to see if I stopped and looked hard enough? This week's downpours gave me an opportunity for comparison. As I walked by the construction debris near the Wilkinson Center, I saw an interesting framing of the small scale and the macro scale - a pile of dirt aligned almost exactly as Timpanogos was many miles away. Immediately I could see comparisons that went beyond the immediate likeness. As had happened to Timpanogos last weekend, the mound of dirt, too, was a victim of weather and erosion. Before both stood a flat expanse of concrete that seemed insignificant in comparison and fell. Both of those plains bore the effects of the downpour, wearing parts of their respective mountains upon them, washed down by the rains.
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What a great way to keep a bigger perspective. This takes quite a bit of foresight to notice something so out of the way. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool idea. I like how you said you wanted to document things that are there today that might not be there tomorrow. These crazy storms have timed themselves perfectly for you! Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThe stars aligned! What a perfect example of accidental art.
ReplyDeleteAmazing what sorts of things you would probably just walk by and ignore if you didn't have this assignment. I'm impressed that you even saw this. I would have been just focused on the pile of dirt and probably wouldn't have seen the mountain in the distance.
ReplyDeleteAmazing what sorts of things you would probably just walk by and ignore if you didn't have this assignment. I'm impressed that you even saw this. I would have been just focused on the pile of dirt and probably wouldn't have seen the mountain in the distance.
ReplyDeleteI like that the environment is crucial to this "accidental art piece" If you took the mound of dirt and put it in a museum it would lose some of its meaning because there wouldn't be a parallel to Timpanogos. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI loved the idea of searching for something that wouldn't be there tomorrow. Very cool similarities between the dirt mound and Timpanogos. Great work.
ReplyDeleteYou really were able to find art! Before I read your post I saw the picture and thought it was just a pile of dirt. But you found meaning and I read that in your post. You made it very interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou really were able to find art! Before I read your post I saw the picture and thought it was just a pile of dirt. But you found meaning and I read that in your post. You made it very interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that you could even see that! I'm amazed at your perceptiveness. I really appreciate how open your eyes had to be in order to see this. I would never think of a mound of dirt as anything but that.
ReplyDeleteI like that it had even greater meaning for you. You really put time and effort into it, and that's great.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea to search for things that are temporary. Kind of reminds me of the Ted talk where he makes art and destroys it.
ReplyDeleteI love the temporary idea as well. Rain was perfect for this assignment. Water adds so much to nature and man made things.
ReplyDeleteI love the temporary idea as well. Rain was perfect for this assignment. Water adds so much to nature and man made things.
ReplyDeleteInteresting because time is another scalable variable here. They will both erode in the same way, but according to their size one will be way slower than the other. In fact, millions of years different. But they will erode in the same patterns and because of the same things.
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