1) I was recently educated on the existence of Land Art thanks to Geoff Dyer's White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World, which was not a favorite read but did spur many Google searches. I both can and cannot believe I've lived this long in America and never knew of these places. Just when you start thinking the country is completely overdeveloped, you find out someone's hidden a huge field of metal poles, a futuristic cityscape in the desert and a giant stone spiral in a lake.
Luigi Ghirri (unrelated to Land Art but I think I'm a fan)
"The Lightening Field" by Walter de Maria
"The Spiral Jetty" by Robert Smithson
"Watts Towers" by Sam Rodia
"City" by Michael Heizer
2) As part of a new years resolution to get back to reading and away from the internet (ha!), I've joined two book clubs that both meet monthly. I may work some discussions into this blog, and hopefully I'll be able to keep up the pace and find time to work on my personal to-read list as well. Optimism is rampant.
Last month:
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins -- hated every character but read this in under 48hrs
This month:
Swing Time by Zadie Smith -- first race-related book I've read in forrrreeeverr, looking forward to discussion; also reminded me that her books "White Teeth" and "NW" are on my to-read list too
Small Great Things by Jodie Picoult -- TBD
