Murmur of the Valley
Chestnut poles, hazelnut twigs, manila rope
Fete de Mai, International Environmental Sculpture Symposium, Gesves, Belgium, 2003
fences, we know,
cut through
and separate places and people;
they stop movement, repel, prevent, hide.
these fences strive to blend in and move with the flow of the valley;
to connect and make bridges
between here
and there, between left and right,
between above and below;
to facilitate and encourage movement;
to invite us to walk and penetrate them
by walking, by looking,
by listening to their gentle conversation
with each
other and the valley;
and so they may,
rather than hide,
reveal and make visible
the murmur of the valley.
