Scape of the Land

Permanence: Frailty

It is striking to me that we as humans continue forcing our existence on something that is much more permanent than our race will ever be. Our society is an earthwork, developed by technology and time, built from the very thing on which we live. In this sense, we are artists: sculptors, painters, creators. But we must recall that we are much less than the Creator, and that our creations will be outlasted by his Creation. This landscape shows the decrepit creation of man against the forces of nature and time, along with the brevity of humanity's existence as seen in the translucence of the figure in the foreground.

Motion is crucial in this picture. The light from a car passing by, reflecting on the moving figure is not the only motion that should be given attention to in this picture. There is motion, much more slow, more methodical, of nature overcoming our creation. The building is falling apart, and nature is unwavering.

My earthwork pictures are opposite of this picture. We created a maypole, a creation of man that celebrates life, and this picture creates a brevity of existence. Impermanence. The creation of man shall not last. Both are created, and both created by the earth and those on the earth, so in that sense they share similarity. Conceptually they differ immensely.