October 2011 Exhibit A, Gallery 303, Brigham Young University
Abstract:
May 2010: Walked into the North Rim Campground at the Grand Canyon and left wanting to know more about Aspen trees. Plan to study all aspects of one tree with blind experimentation using art and amateur scientific process.
October 2011: Conclusion: N/A. Only documentation of time spent exploring using books and numbers and drawings and lectures trying to understand this living thing. Results include, but not limited to, observations on humility, inward realization of deeper connection to natural processes, appreciation of process of experimentation [where making one choice multiplies knowledge exponentially], a personal relationship with an inanimate object. Still evading total comprehension [see Exhibit A].
Hannah Mortensen 