
Chain. Wheelbarrow. Easel. Bench. And of these four only the bench is still fully functional. In recent years I’ve reassigned all four into one adjustable aesthetic unit—a backyard assemblage with a prime function as art. Here are two contrasting pictures which illustrate their service as year round objects of contemplation and display. The images also show how the mind can use objects as scaffolding or skeletons to receive other oxidized artistic imaginings, meditations, reveries.

