capable of flying: Andy Goldsworthy, thank you for being

Monday, September 17, 2007

Andy Goldsworthy, thank you for being

I've had this Netflix DVD for 3 weeks. I've watched it probably 10 times. I don't want to return it and get my own copy. I don't want to be without this DVD.

While many artists strive for permanence, Goldsworthy seems to not only to understand that beauty is temporal, but he celebrates that fact.

I'm inspired to go do something. Something like this. A random, temporal act of beauty.

Rivers and Tides: Working with Time (2003). I highly recommend it. But I won't let you have my copy.

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Wendy said...: Hai Nancy,
I love Goldsworthy, I've studied him several times while I was still in Artschool. He makes such beautiful things whit ordanary materials. And his sense of nature is wonderfull.

Nice to meet someone who loves his word too !!

Wendy; September 20, 2007 at 11:21 AM

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There are four interdependent elements of flight: Lift, thrust, drag and weight. I will categorize each entry in this flight log/blog according to each of these elements of flight. Many things, for example, will end up in the Weight category. While Weight may seem the antithesis of flight, it is usually the things making up the weight--the passengers or payload--that are the reason for initiating flight. Therefore, no Weight, no flight. Thrust will be the things that inspire and propel me and, hopefully, us higher and farther. Drag will be the things that slow me and us down. And Lift will be those magic moments when we leave the earth and soar.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ~Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Monday, September 17, 2007

Andy Goldsworthy, thank you for being

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