My metal sculpture, which fell over in the wet autumnal months and became embedded in the mud, is welded into the ground until Persephone returns to Demeter, or some time thereafter. 😉 And she will tarry, (here in these northern latitudes) later than I would wish this year. Will I wrest my art from winter’s icy grip in time to get it on the moving van?
Can I afford to ship it separately coast to coast??? Nah.
Will I even find it beneath a few feet of snow before April first. My Fool’s Day of moving. Easier to move the fool.
This is a sculpture by the late Nathan Nicholls from Waldoboro. Although most of his art was representational, this more abstract one was called (as best I recall) Unrestrained Development in response to the town’s effort to limit his use of his property to make and sell his sculptures. I gather the phrase was used about his place during that “disagreement.” It’s not the best view of it but Unrestrained Development will rise again!
16” of snow currently.
A luthier of my acquaintance once said something to the effect that water is a profoundly powerful glue, it just melts at too low a temperature.
