IF YOU HAVE ANY APPRECIATION FOR THE SLOW CREEP OF NATURE UPON ABANDONED OR FORGOTTEN PIECES OF 'CIVILIZATION',THEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT.THE RECLAMATION OF THE LANDSCAPE BY NATURE ITSELF.FROM THE MACHINES LEFT IN FIELDS NOW OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION TO NEARLY OBSCURED FOUNDATIONS LOST IN THE WOODS OF FORMER ESTATES TO ABANDONED BUILDINGS VIRTUALLY HELD TOGETHER BY THE PLANT LIFE NOW ENGULFING THEM.NATURE IS ALWAYS READY TO RECLAIM THE LANDSCAPE.IT'S THE PLANET'S WAY OF LETTING US ALL KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY TO 'CIVILIZE' IT,IT'S NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.NO MATTER HOW LOFTY OUR PURSUITS OF OUR DEFINITIONS OF THE PERFECT WORLD,THE WORLD WAS ALREADY PRETTY DAMN PERFECT BEFORE WE GOT HERE.AND LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE,THE WORLD WILL,WITH ANY LUCK,RETURN TO IT'S FORMER STATE.WE ARE NOW TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF SOME MAJOR GLOBAL DISASTERS FROM GLOBAL WARMING AND THE ASSOCIATED CLIMATIC CHANGES INVOLVED AND YET WE STILL CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE DIRECTION WE ARE HEADED IN IS THE RIGHT ONE.WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX OR YOU ARE NOT TOO BLIND TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE MOST ASSUREDLY CHANGING,IT IS MY INTENTION TO USE THIS PROJECT TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT NATURE HAS BEEN TRYING TO SHOW US ALL ALONG.OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED AND WHAT ONCE WAS,WILL BE AGAIN,IN SPITE OF US!! I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU NOW TO CHOOSE HOW YOU INTERPRET THAT VIA PHOTOS,DRAWINGS,PAINTINGS,DIGITAL ART,WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU CAN SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS VIA JPG,GIF,TIF AT NO MORE THAN 500PIX WIDTH TO RECLAMATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 30-07 FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS JUST E-ME |