Once Upon A Time...

Once Upon a Time, I went out into nature. In California.

It was ridiculous. And refreshing. And so, so, so early in the morning.

For 4-D design we were required to go out in nature, and create essentially a "natural installation". This whole concept is based off of the work of Andy Goldsworthy (who is this really absurdly fantastic artist).

The thing that I love about creating art in nature, from nature is that:

1. You can't really plan it, you just have to be there, see it for yourself, and impulsively begin to create something
2. You have no clue how long it's going to stay there
3. You have no clue how many people are going to see it or even what they're going to think when they see it
4. I feel like I'm 10 again, barefoot during the summer, making weird structures in the woods.

When we were hiking up this hill in the park I became obsessed with these super intense cracks on the dirt road. Then I saw all these sticks/reeds, and thought about how great it would be to stuff the cracks with them. And so, the idea evolved from there. Soon I was out of control, gathering all kinds of plants, dried branches, flowers, etc.