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Solar Wind
Northeast Trail
Northeast Hiking Trail between Evelyn St. and Dutch Valley Way
Solar Wind speaks to possibility. The possibility that art can be aspirational. The possibility that art can be fun. The possibility that elements of the past can inform the future. The possibility that art can speak to our current global climate situation. Perhaps art, in that way, allows us to enter big conversations through the doors of creativity and playfulness and context. Perhaps art and science become one in that space. That is the space where ideas build and move and grow, rather than become mired in the grime and sludge and muck of limited understanding and fear and despair. Art can do that.
A Note on my Atlanta Beltline Writing Project
I am practicing paying attention. I am practicing noticing beauty. I am practicing getting in touch with my artist self. I am practicing connecting with the outdoors. I am practicing my inner Mary Oliver. I live in Atlanta, “the city in a forest.” I live on the Atlanta Beltline, an interurban trail that graces the city. The Beltline is part arboretum, part art gallery, part park. It connects shops and restaurants and homes with people of all descriptions. I walk on the Beltline 4 or 5 times a week. I have spent the last year appreciating all that it is. My hope is to write about it — its art, trees, landmarks, etc.— for the next few weeks as spring unfolds. I want to soak it all in.
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Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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Hi, lovely take on the meaning of Solar Wind. My name is Laine Proctor. My husband Phil Proctor is the sculptor for this piece. He loves when the viewer walks away with their own personal thoughts/statement. This was a great one. He smiled as I read your piece. This is the purpose of art…right??
Here is a link to his website so you can see his body of work and the short description of Solar Wind.
https://www.philproctor.com/#/solar-wind/
Thanks again
Thank you, Laine. I have truly enjoyed taking the month of March to celebrate art on the Beltline. What a gift it all is in so many ways. Have a wonderful spring! Again, thank you for your kind words.