If we commissioned Andy Goldsworthy to come to Elk Rapids Michigan to do an installation, I wonder what he’d create? I’ll probably never know, but meanwhile, here’s what the Environmental Art Class, inspired by Goldsworthy, did yesterday on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay. They’re still exploring, still learning. They have three weeks left, and […]
Last fall I arranged to purchase a beef quarter from Marshall and Cathy McAuliff. No, we are not going to visit an Old Fashioned Beef Slaughter. We did that with the hog and once is enough for any blog. We are simply going to visit the McAuliffs on Pickup Day.
There’s something about a rainy day that makes me want to wander around taking misty pictures of weeds and foggy streetscapes. Indulge me. There will be flowers, and not too much adolescent angst. These are from Elk Rapids and Eden Shores up in Eastport and along US-31 in between. *Artism: according to the elementary school […]
This is how the creative process works. OK, part of it anyway. There's the work, too.
I guess it's like eating an elephant, or making a trek of 5,000 miles.
I'm not going to tell you too much because I want you to see it unfold in all its glorious mystery and chaos, and because I want you to be surprised when it's all done.
May 5, 2011
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