January 8-11, 2021
The past week brought great upheaval in Washington DC with reverberations throughout the country. A visit to Putney Landing brought a visual of upheaval that seemed to reflect my thinking as I had listened to the reports of the chaos in the Capitol.
Thin edged snow-covered ice juxtaposed the dark open waters.
Near the boat landing, a significant change in conditions had shifted the frozen water causing layers of the ice to be jammed together. I stood at the edge of the river, awestruck by the appearance of the resulting sculptures.
Ice crystals decorated the edge of the frozen water
I named this sculpture “Ice Bird”
I knew that in just a matter of hours this waterscape would change.
The Ice Bird would melt, the layered sheets soften.
I had witnessed a January transformation.