Author Archives: randomyriad

Make Your Maps as You Go

Posted on January 23, 2011 by randomyriad

How to Discover Your Own New Worlds Step 1: Lose the Way The first step . . . shall be to lose the way.– Galway Kinnell It’s important to forget what you are doing–then a work of art may happen. … Continue reading →

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Moonset

Posted on January 22, 2011 by randomyriad

Through a Winter Window As I procrastinate the moon is swallowed in the rising day’s rosy haze.

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Works in Progress January 2011

Posted on January 21, 2011 by randomyriad

What we are working on in my classroom: We are looking at Andy Goldsworthy and studying natural sculpture ideas. We washed the rocks and put them on the towel to dry and then just left them out with some other … Continue reading →

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My Mind is Up to Something

Posted on January 20, 2011 by randomyriad

Pieces of Dreams The Night Before Last: I am in a crude wooden cage, dark thick boards nailed without care, in middle of a vast indoor space. Only a vague dim light shines on the area around the cage. The … Continue reading →

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Trying to Avoid the Bubble Wrap

Posted on January 19, 2011 by randomyriad

I hold a great deal against this system of organization, that is the separation of things that should not be separated. We categorize everyone. We send the old here: the young there. We ship adolescents off to war. We send … Continue reading →

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