a tribute to Mr Serra


While doing some maintenance at the Ranch in April, the news surfaced of Mr Serra's passing. The circle in, line and circle out' was not done deliberately, but as both a gesture of located space at the Ranch and maintaining a flourishing willow population. The thought of Mr Serra's work was reminiscing. 

I am not a specialist of willows but this species has a reputation of extensive breeding.

Managing the growth to keep some water movement through the Ranch, to keep the mosquitoes at bay in the summer months is always a challenge, and these needed to be cut while the stem diameter was manageable - by hand.

And so this arrangement. The outhouse and bridge frame this area, a small urban oasis of circles, holes and lines. Not cars and patched asphalt in a vacant street but small gestures which comprise movements around, in and through. Perhaps the colour tones and frosty air settled the aura, in silence.