I remember talking about this in art appreciation, but I didn't take it in then like I have today. I have really gotten into being outside more and enjoying nature. This piece is really beautiful because it is created from element from the earth. I like how he was looking for a place with red waters, so it seemed like blood. He compared the salt lake to a body, having veins and arteries. I also liked his discussion of scale. "Scale depends on one's capacity to be conscious of the actualities of perception." Scale is all a matter of how you look at something. It is always changable. I am just really drawn to the fact that he searched nature to find the perfect canvas for his work. I really liked where he talked about how people once tried to pump oil from a natural tar pool, but never could. "This site gave evidence of a succession of man-made systems mired in abandoned hopes."
The way he spoke about finding the site for the spiral jetty is really pretty, for lack of a better word. "It was as if the mainland oscillated with waves and pulsations, and the lake remained rock still. The shore of the lake became the edge of the sun, a boiling curve, an explosion rising into the fiery prominence."
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