[pct-l] PCT Sculptures

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

I believe in "take only pictures, leave only footprints".

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John Brennan wrote:
> I reviewed the archives and could not find that information about this had
> been posted to the list.
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> There's a show at the SF MOMA (Richard Long: The Path Is the Place Is the
> Line) that features sculptures on the PCT. The sculptures were just
> rearranging the natural materials, and Long created them on 250-mile walk he
> took, mainly along the Pacific Crest Trail.
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> SFMOMA info: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/exhib_detail.asp?id=220
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> Artist Link: http://www.richardlong.org/sculptures/sculptures.html
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> Although I like art like this, including Andy
> <http://images.google.com/images?q=andy+goldsworthy&hl=en&hs=wdC&lr=&client=
> firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest>
> Goldsworthy, I'm not sure what I think of messing with the landscape of my
> cherished PCT. I would sometimes carve a cupcake into the dirt or snow along
> the trail, and I even wondered about that intrusion, however temporary.
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> I'm afraid what it will lead to is the arbitrary and way-to-frequent piling
> up of precarious rock "art," and I'm not talking about cairns. 
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> Cupcake
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> ps: I'll be finishing the CDT in 2006 if you want to follow along:
> www.cupcakewalk.com 
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