Forgetting the Nearer Things
2009
300 feet of copper wire
Birch tree, Fordham University
In a city where it is often incredibly easy to fall into the habit of a tunnel vision routine, can we maintain our wonder and our openness to the world beyond our selves?
When was the last time you spoke to a stranger?
Stopped to observe a tree?
Taken a moment to catch up with your breath?
In wrapping the birch tree branch with copper wire, a part is suddenly isolated from the entirety. Like all systems, the life of a tree as a whole is dependent on its individual parts. When one piece suffers, aches, or changes in any way, the remainder of the whole is subjected to this malnourishment or difference and must compensate in order to maintain vitality. The effect of one part is just as significant as the effect of the whole.
"Let us stand on tiptoe, forgetting the nearer things, and grasp what we may."
-Bernard Maybeck
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