Land Art
Out in the open
Sun rising, purples and yellows and reds, take my breath away, reflecting on the trees. Illuminating the land
Space around me
Space within me
Me and Nature together
A tree, me , what’s the difference; there is but no superiority
I feel so happy and blessed and at one
I merge, my ‘me’ is lost, we dance together, both growing and existing in this wondrous world
An idea enters my mind , pokes through the fabric of the earth, arises in the air around
Why don’t I make that, wow yes that’s a great idea,
My thought or a wave flowing in from space
I seize it, get busy; lots of ideas – oh I can …. And then I could use that… and what about … ,oh look… that looks good, interesting , nice
and I can use those stones and look at that wood, what an incredible shape and if I put it like that
And so I return to my original concept, thought and now flesh it out with material
Mmn yes and I could use those leaves and place them on the slope like this, that’s going to look really good
And perhaps become lost in the creation; how do I do this, does it fit , does it work?
No it doesn’t look right there, if I just move it round a bit and what about using some of those….
Lost in the detail, where’s my original idea; no, yes this feels right
How do I get my vision across, create it
And time doing nothing, waiting , absorbing
Ohhhhhhhhhhh yes, wow,mmmmmn , I’ll do that
Trusting myself, trusting the natural world to inform me
Playing around with materials, bits and pieces, whats happened to my original design, thought, idea
Progress, false starts. Getting blocked, discarding, using
This isn’t working, ugh
Going deep again to feel myself as a bit of nature and not the creator
Another day and I’m in touch with nature again but how do I DO/MAKE this
Nature/creator, back and forth, pulled this way and that
And that goes there, hey I like this
A flow of activity,creation
Mmmmmmn no questions just a flow of knowing and doing
Stuttering, unsure
And so on
Giving birth, when to stop, in my head or still connected and informed by the natural world
I could just move that… no , yes I like it, it feels complete
Yes this is the moment, enough
Deep pleasure and connection – and unsure still-
Now This Moment 