My Top 5 Eco-Art Tales, by the Artist at Ohio Falls
February 17, 2014 by artistatexit0
I consider this a great honor that fellow blogger Isaac Yuen focused one of his posts around my art projects from the past year and the tales I’ve created around them. For several years now, I have enjoyed Isaac’s award winning blog Ecostories. He has made me a believer in the power of the spoken and written word to convey universal truths particularly when they speak about our evolving relationship with nature. Stories are important and everyone has a story to tell. Isaac has a great way of taking on complex narratives and making them understandable. I encourage you to check out his thoughtful, positive, and beautifully written blog.
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t wasn’t my intention to continue with the art theme. But as the rule of three calls and I learn more about writing and blogging, I found myself more inclined to follow intuition than push through to produce work that doesn’t feel right. Perhaps it was just easier to showcase other people’s incredible work instead of doing research for a long piece. Given the choice between being attuned and growing lazy, I’m sticking with the former interpretation.
I’ve been a fan of Albertus Gorman’s work over at The Artist at Exit 0 Riverblog ever since I began blogging in 2012. For the better part of the last decade, Gorman has used materials washed up at Ohio State Park to create sculptures and craft stories that explore the impacts we have on the places we inhabit. Some of his work from Ohio Falls is now featured in The Potential in…
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I popped over to check out Isaac’s place last week after following your crumbs. Nice guy. :0) When I first saw this pic ^up there^, I thought that was an actual living tree coming up from the wood. (I’m so gullible…) You got me again. :0)
Thanks for checking out Isaac’s blog. I love his emphasis on storytelling as a potential agent of change.
Going visiting. Thanks for pathway. 🙂
Thanks Eva…Isaac has some wonderful content on his blog. I think you will be interested in many of his topics. Nice to hear from you!