Tuesday, November 19, 2013
That's Art, Right?
There you go. That is the sculpture I have created (haha!) in the woods at the spot where I stop to pee most days. One day I left the path and wondered back through the woods to find a place to squat and when I looked right beside me, I saw that skull. I was having a rather strange day anyway and it seemed to me that the skull might, if I allowed it, portend some horrible thing.
I tried not to let it and as I recall, nothing horrible happened and over the months I have developed a bit of affection for it. I do not know what sort of animal whose head used to contain it. Anyway, a few days ago I picked it up and set it on that old stump. I think this is such a human thing to do. A primal urge to say, I have been here!
Or, in my case, I have peed here!
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The whole thing, not just the skull, but you, these words, is art! And I know just how your mind works what with portents and such, and I am glad you decided on art instead!
ReplyDeleteWow. Way to mark your territory! Pee AND a skull.
ReplyDeleteArt: I've seen worse!
ReplyDeleteHa! I didn't pee next to mine, but I did the same thing. It felt right, kind of primal to honor the skull with a shrine. Mine was a deer. Yours, who knows! But lovely composition.
ReplyDeleteMaking art out of a portent seems like the best thing you could have done!
ReplyDeleteCheers to peeing outside. I did it last night next to a palm tree after a concert on a city block and it was liberating =)
xoxo
I love coming upon natural artifacts that have been turned into an art installation.
ReplyDeleteWe all need a shrine.
ReplyDeleteAfter my son graduated high school, he and a friend of his decided they were going to take a bicycle tour of the US with no preparation whatsoever. They didn't get far but one of the things my son found, camping by a ditch one night was the skull of a dog which he brought back to me. It sits in a cabinet now but for many years it sat on my buffet.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what kind of skull that is. It's weird looking. Are you anywhere near Area 51?!
ReplyDeleteAngella- Well, it took me over a month to develop that much affection for it. There is that.
ReplyDeleteJo- I agree.
heartinhand- Haven't we (sadly) all?
Mel- I should be a fucking skull expert by now. I swear.
Rachel- It's not just boys who like to pee outside.
Denise- The beach is a good place to find such things.
Birdie- That's what I say!
Ellen Abbott- I would have done the same.
Steve Reed- No but one does wonder about such things.
Just marking your territory.
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