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Tag: land art

Nancy Holt
Artworks

Nancy Holt’s Mystifying Sun Tunnels in the Great Basin Desert

August 20, 2021August 17, 2021 Vanessa Able

Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels in the Great Basin Desert in Utah are four 18-foot long concrete tubes arranged in an X-formation and aligned with the movements of the sun.

Tagged art, ecology, environment, land art, landscape, nature, women in artLeave a comment
Robert Smithson
Book Bits

‘Nature is Never Finished’ – Artist Robert Smithson on Cultural Confinement and Finding Real Freedom in Art

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Vanessa Able

Robert Smithson's brand of land art went against the hegemony of galleries and museums who he accused of dictating the context, meaning and value of art.

Tagged Culture, ecology, Freedom, land art, landscape, meaning, nature, spiral jettyLeave a comment

TOP POSTS

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic
    Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.
  • Phach Huynh – Traces
    Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".
  • A Year of Kō: 14th Sekki
    14th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • Halina Goldstein – How to Play the Gong
    Spiritual teacher and poet Halina Goldstein unfolds a rhythm of vibrancy, glory, and emptiness with her poem "How to Play the Gong".
  • A Year of Kō: 13th Sekki
    13th Sekki poems by BENJAMIN TANNER LLOYD, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
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