Found

The inspiration for Hidden

Have you ever been walking around in the woods and found something that doesn't belong there, or doesn't seem to belong there anymore?

The woods are a great place to find the remnants of old buildings or other man-made objects. Some have a surprising amount of structural integrity. If I could, I would want to leave my project in the woods on campus for many years to see how long it would last, and what it would look like as nature began to reclaim it. These kinds of found objects in the woods, even if they no longer function as originally intended, can still spark the imagination and suggest a narrative. Whether your own narrative holds on to the object's original purpose or takes you off into the realm of fantasy where forgotten objects can become more than what they once were won't matter; what matters is the spark of thought.

These are some of the objects that have inspired me:

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A ladder to nothing

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A chimney that is still standing on Cruger Island.