In the beginning he was so unclear about what had happened. There was this vague image in his mind of some kind of presence he felt that may have created him? Even that “fact” was up for debate. All he remembers with any kind of certainty was that he couldn’t remember anything at all until [...]
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The Variegated Oriole
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, nature photography, Originality, public art, recycled art, sculpture, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, birds, creativity, detritus, Falls of the Ohio, John James Audubon, nature, ornithology, photography, recycled materials, repurposed materials, site specific art, Styrofoam on April 7, 2012 | 9 Comments »
It’s Spring and I’m walking the eastern section of the Falls of the Ohio State Park looking for birds. I have done this religiously for years and have seen most of the species that have been recorded in this park. I love birds because they are such beautiful expressions of life. I envy their extreme mobility [...]
The Temperate Bird of Paradise
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, collections, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, bird of paradise, birds, creative ornithology, creativity, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature story, photography, recycled art, signs, Styrofoam, unnatural history on January 31, 2012 | 6 Comments »
A gray day with the Ohio River rising and I’m exploring this huge driftwood mound created by last spring’s flooding. Over the last few months this section has seen other minor floods and even a fire. It’s interesting to me to see how the river has a leveling effect as it flows under and moves [...]
Pied Woodpecker Sighting
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, animals, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, nature, nature photography, Originality, recycled art, tagged Art, artistatexit0, butterflies, creative ornithology, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, nature photography, recycled art, Styrofoam, unnatural history, upscaled art on October 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
After a brief cold and wet spell I made it out to the Falls of the Ohio last Saturday. The Ohio River was rising as were the temperatures which had dipped into the 30 degree mark for a few days. One look around here and there is no doubt that it is autumn in Kentuckiana. [...]
Rabbit Man’s Report
Posted in Art, art and environment, creativity, Ohio River, Falls of the Ohio, Styrofoam, public art, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, nature photography, fresh water, ecosytem, watershed, recycled art, sculpture, Absurd, environmental art, Originality, animals, tagged Art, artistatexit0, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, Honey locust, nature, Ohio River flooding, photography, plastic, public art, rabbit, recycled materials, river debris, sculpture, Styrofoam, tent caterpillars on May 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »
As usual I’m a bit behind in my river reports. I calculate I could write at least several more posts about the flooding we have experienced with the Ohio River at the Falls of the Ohio. As I write, the river is still high, but all the attention has shifted to the Mississippi River which [...]
Flood Birds
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, recycled art, Styrofoam, tagged Art, artistatexit0, birding, birds, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, garbage, natural history, nature, Ohio River, photography, recycled art, Spring Migration, Styrofoam on May 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For me, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a signal that Spring is underway. I believe I have seen this very same bird in the same Sweet Gum tree for several years now. Before the tree fully leafs out, he drills neat rows of holes in the tree bark which fill with the tree’s sap. Visiting often, [...]
Danger is My Middle Name
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, Falls of the Ohio, flood debris, garbage, nature, photography, recycled art, repurposed materials, sculpture, Styrofoam, train bridge, train crossing on April 8, 2011 | 7 Comments »
It’s a wonderful spring day on the debris heap. On the old bridge several diesel trains have been carrying their vital shipments back and forth across the Ohio River. These trains are also a noisy element here when they are crossing. Among the other sounds you can count on hearing are the aircraft about to land at [...]
Confession of an Obsessive “Potentialist”
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, collections, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, Originality, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, unusual collection, tagged Art, art studio, artistatexit0, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, hoarding, Kentucky, Louisville, obsessive compulsion on February 6, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I debated with myself about going down this road in this post and decided it would be okay. I did solicit opinions from fellow artist friends on the topic of obsessive compulsions and hoarding in an attempt to come up with a self-diagnosis. Opinions varied. Since photographs do a good job of describing things… I [...]
Skippy’s Day
Posted in Absurd, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, nature, photography, recycled art, Styrofoam on February 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
It’s the Falls of the Ohio and it’s nearly midwinter. The quality of the light feels like it’s coming from banks and banks of incandescent tubes in the sky. It doesn’t even feel like light, but more like a heavy presence more akin to fog than photons. There are fewer people out today. The last of the [...]
The Architect of Ice
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatextit0, Falls of the Ohio, ice formations, Louisville, nature, photography, Styrofoam, winter landscape on January 14, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Come along on this vicarious adventure to the Falls of the Ohio. The seasons and river help make this a dynamic environment. I stole a couple of hours during a very cold day to visit the park and was rewarded with a riverscape transformed by ice! Right at the river’s edge was where I found the ice. The driftwood, [...]
