It SO Happens, free standing construction, 22’ x 30’ diameter. This piece was originally made in 2004 but has changed and weathered over the years. It was conceived as a meditation on the virulence of life. I was for many years uncomfortable with the idea of multiple universes and a consequent feeling of cheapness. My liberation was provided eventually by contemplation of the uncertainty principle and its outstanding corollary that there cannot be a perfect vacuum. The spontaneous creation of matter is therefore required by the impossibility of perfect emptiness (a bizarre conception confirmed by experiment). My head was turned and I began gratefully to ride the crest of a wave of life ever growing, a liberation encouraged by observing over many years the hectic growth of the grasses and the wild way they wave in the wind. The decisions inherent in this sculpture are made in the light of this ongoing discovery and are intended to encourage the viewer to take pleasure in the inconsistencies of balance and broken symmetry. The sculpture is much simpler than it was at first although the ladder is a recent addition and the light at the top still blinks when I turn it on.
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