Art is Not Eternal My Friends

I awoke early this morning to bird song and sunrise, boiled some water for tea and then sat in my crazy creek near the ponds edge. After spending some time rearranging, I put on my shorts and started my journey back towards campus. Despite a slightly chilly, windy morning, the air soon warmed up and by the time I got back to campus, I was ready to take a dip in Blackwater. So I did a quick switch-a-roo into my bathing suit and towel and plunged in. It was a morning without human connection, of many animals and of new spring growth, and yet it was only 7:30am. Breakfast was eagerly consumed (I had already been up for almost two hours), along with a second cup of tea, before I headed off to Slocumb.

Checking in on the vases I had made yesterday was the first order of business, but after that my paint clothes were donned and the perfectly white installation space became dirt brown. This was not an easy task, as the space is primarily composed of nooks and crannies. While leaving the space to dry a bit, I worked on texturing my vases - each different, but all fitting together to form a unit. For now there is only six, but soon there will be more (the primary project for tomorrow). By the time I finished with that the floor and back wall were dry - thank goodness spring has finally arrived! So, I pulled out my box filled with eleven used yogurt containers - each containing torn images from the science departments old text book, luckily I had already done all of the searching, tearing and sorting by color - and began to paste the found images on the wall. I finished up the collage after lunch and am very pleased with the result. Lots of work still to do!  *May 5, 2015 - 5:00pm*