Momentary Works
My Momentary Works are ephemeral site specific sculptures_three dimensional poems of place. Each of these works encourages us to experience the Earth and our relationship to her.
Sturgeon Story
The Sturgeon is a mysterious fish.
It’s size and fearsome prehistoric appearance, spawned myths and legends. It’s gift of sustenance nourished the Leni Lenape people of the Delaware Bay region. Later, in the nineteenth century, the Sturgeon eggs were harvested to near extinction to satisfy a worldwide craving for caviar.
The Sturgeon, now nearly extinct in the Delaware Bay, has graced the waters of the world for over 200,000,000 years.
This ephemeral installation connects me to its Bayside story.
Pitch Pine Story
Wisdom in the ashes
This burnt Pine Barrens forest is serene, intensely quiet.
Is it indifferent to the anxiety that the fires have caused?
Just weeks after the blaze, from beneath charred bark
bright green sprouts announce rejuvenation.
Tiny sprouts…big joy
Witnessing this scorched place fills me with awe.
The pines and the fire have an old story… a story of symbiosis.
I am listening.
“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” -John Keats