found: Baltimore

 found poem, along Ellerslie Ave.

 found collage, Giant, Waverly

found sculpture, Robert E. Lee park

Hiatus (part 5)

[markers]

Roussillon, France

Saignon, France

Saignon, France

along a trail near Valbigonce, France

along a trail near Valbigonce, France 

next to the Roman ruins in Riez, France

 along the Verdon Gorge, France

along the Verdon Gorge, France

spiritual points in the forest and pastures near Steuben, WI

on my last morning at ACRE i decided to execute this project that i've been considering since the beginning of the residency. i made 10 markers and set out into the woods and cow pastures south of Bob and Rosa's farm; with a map and maul in tow. the form was taken from the utilitarian (property?) markers that i've seen around Joliet, IL. i placed these markers at points that i deemed spiritual - such a between 2 apple trees that i ate from, next to a found hawk feather, in a clearing with light in a dark part of some over-growth, inside a foundation of a long gone house, and at the end of a valley. the plan was to imbue this land with some mystical powers. i ended up getting very lost, and didn't know it till i reached a pond that was much farther East on the map from where i thought i was. at that point i was dehydrated (i forgot my water) and tired from hiking through dense overgrowth and from carrying the markers and the maul. i found a road and hitch-hiked back to the lodge. i was 2 or 3 miles of walking in the sun away from home and water. i was only able to place 6 markers.