Hudson UnBroken I & II
Submerged in the Guski River, Red Hook and The Hudson River, Germantown 2025
Hudson UnBroken I, 2025, 60x60x26” mud, turmeric on river oxidized steel
Hudson UnBroken II, 2025, 60x60x28” mud, turmeric on river oxidized steel
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* Lowtide 5/10
Stayed under the blanket curling around Z, from the sound she made, I knew she was in a dream dissolving
My mind a rusty triangle underwater shifting interiorly - the deltas of oxides ochres and silicas, hematite earth blood, free iron oxygen transport, pranic highways bright red and blue country roads along pulsing metallic river waves - All harmonizing our introversions, our inner landscapes, ever merging yet distinct, our emotional Iceland dissolving
Now driving, now at the bank, the ceaseless rain, the River has swelled, the pieces unretrievable, fisherman hauling their boats into the upturned soil wate, Ah I remember what I thought then - To Become the River ( as any art making must encircle a becoming - the River and I ( and you ) We become something else together ) To Become the River I must let go of all intentionalities all inevitabilities, even the intention to Become the River, to go to yoga, to listen to the mushroom symphony, to cover ‘Changing of the Guards’
Driving, thinking I should write The Sunflower story on the Tyger’s Last Dream, Our Sunflower who never bloomed, Our Sunflower who never bloomed, I could write it in light turquoise or ochre, what difference would it make? ( each color would conceal a different God? )
Be Gold, the Gold Bird sings from Tara’s crown, a trident of yellow shines from each young leaf, and I’m sitting one shoe cross legged on the tree stump where I will submerge Triangle 2, the meditation is solely the sound of Birds and thoughts dissolving into the water, this is water I pray with for the Liberation of Palestine, for the hungry children to be allowed to eat, for the hearts of the world to awaken, for the Great Mother to protect all beings without exception, Yes May the water flow, May the blockade be trampled under the wailing of our Broken Heart
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Timeline:
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4/24 Tri 1 submerged lower Guski river May 9 washed into middle of river and harvested
5/7 6:48pm Tri 3 and Tri 4 submerged in Hudson Germantown
5/10 Tri 2 submerged in upper Guski river
5/10 9:10 am attempted harvest - River too high *
5/11 9:30 Tri 3 and Tri 4 harvested
5/16 Tri 2 harvested
5/16 Tri 1 and Tri 3 / Tri 2 and Tri 4 installed as half pyramids