sacrifice

.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

26::April::2012 15:29 → permalink

sacrifice, Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

26::April::2012 14:32 → permalink

sacrifice, Upper Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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sacrifice: gloves
  • place: Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

25::April::2012 18:23 → permalink

sacrifice: gloves, Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

They may look fine on the backs, but the palms are trashed and shredded, they’ve been used for a decade of fire-tending at chill campsites around the west, after a useful career in colder places. Not even sure where I got them, but I suspect in Iceland in the early 1990s. They’ve had a good life.

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

25::April::2012 13:26 → permalink

sacrifice, Upper Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Red Rock Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

23::April::2012 15:20 → permalink

sacrifice, Red Rock Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Red Rock Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

23::April::2012 12:14 → permalink

sacrifice, Red Rock Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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sacrifice: empty pen
  • place: Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

22::April::2012 18:26 → permalink

sacrifice: empty pen, Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

Staedtler pigment liner 0.3, Art. Nr. 308 03-9, EAN 40 07817 330418

I had the ‘ex’ send me four of these from Iceland a couple years back, but am on the last one now, they don’t do to well in hot & dry situations. But otherwise, they are an excellent and clean substitute for my exploding Koh-i-noor India Ink drafting pens which were just too sensitive to changing air pressure (i.e., flying), and had to be totally disassembled and cleaned prior to any travel. The beauty of the line, and the feel of the metal tip on paper was superlative, but the hassle was too much for the traveler to bear.

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Upper Pool Creek Spring (east), Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

21::April::2012 15:13 → permalink

sacrifice, Upper Pool Creek Spring (east), Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

18::April::2012 12:49 → permalink

sacrifice, Echo Park, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, April 2012

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

25::August::2011 16:53 → permalink

sacrifice, Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, August 2011

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.50 calibre sacrifice
  • place: Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado

24::August::2011 13:20 → permalink

sacrifice, Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, August 2011

I decide to initiate a new series for the sacrifice project — this time, using the large bag of .50 caliber machine gun bullets collected out on the gunnery range on the expansive salt flat south of Wendover last year. The brass sheathings on the “balls” are weathered green from time and brine. These evidences of the military-industrial complex need to be re-distributed back around the west.

Cartridge, Caliber .50, Ball, M2

Cartridge, Caliber .50, Ball, M2. Used by M2 and M85 machine guns. The cartridge is intended for use against personnel or unarmored targets. The cartridge is identified by a plain bullet (“ball”). Type Classification: STD – OTCM 36841

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.50 calibre sacrifice with fly
  • place: near Wolf Creek, Colorado

24::August::2011 10:04 → permalink

sacrifice with fly, near Wolf Creek, Colorado, August 2011

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sacrifice
  • place: Mint Wash, Arizona

11::March::2011 12:30 → permalink

sacrifice, Mint Wash, Yavapai County, Arizona, March 2011

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sacrifice
  • place: Skull Valley, Arizona

07::April::2009 10:55 → permalink

sacrifice, the Cottonwood, Skull Valley, Arizona, April 2009

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sacrifice
  • place: Manzanar Internment Camp, California

13::August::2007 12:12 → permalink

sacrifice, Manzanar Internment Camp Memorial, California, August 2007

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sacrifice
  • place: Stonehenge, Devon, England

08::February::2007 12:25 → permalink

sacrifice, Stonehenge, Devon, England, February 2007

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sacrifice
  • place: Joshua Tree National Park, California

09::November::2006 12:56 → permalink

sacrifice, near the Anaconda Mine, Joshua Tree National Park, California, November 2006

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sacrifice from Dritvík
  • place: Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado

29::September::2006 13:28 → permalink

sacrifice from Dritvík, to Sand Canyon, Dinosaur National Park, Colorado, September 2006

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Ya’ a’ te’ eh
  • place: Grand Falls, Arizona

25::April::2005 21:10 → permalink

sacrifice, Ya’ a’ te’ eh (Grand Falls), Arizona, April 2005

The most sacred of places is made powerful by the history, stories, songs and prayers it contains. As we see this place, it is an experience of awe and gratitude. It is as if the Holy People are physically comforting us, encouraging us, smiling at us, strengthening us. That Diné Tah (the land of the Navajo people, the Diné) seems an empty, barren place suits us — we are among the most fortunate people in the world because of it. — Luci Tapahonso

a successful trip with Uncle Al to Grand Falls, and with last night’s rain and full moon, the falls were a torrent of mocha-red water.

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sacrifice
  • place: Medano Pass, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

06::May::2002 14:04 → permalink

sacrifice, Medano Pass, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, May 2002

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pilgrimage north-east
  • place: en route Durango - Golden, Colorado

08::January::2002 21:44 → permalink

flickering times. a month of brilliant sunrises, a month full of stress. some enjoyment, as per usual, though not enough. slingshot north and east to the Front Range, propelled by various portents of success and survival. across Indian Lands, regenerating the rolling vision quest. through the mountains, in the chill of an un-heated car, thanks to a leaky heater valve on the interior heater unit. Wolf Creek Pass. and the ritual stop at the Center of the Universe. leaving a whisker from Yokono there in the artesian fountain — Yokono who narrowly escaped euthanasia-by-injection last Saturday as the vet was too busy. poor beast. she has been suffering of late. took her in for a haircut which leaves her ego a bit bruised, but otherwise she gets quite perky after a cut, unencumbered by pinching mattes of her long hair everywhere on her body. this time, even under her chin. age leaves her no will to groom. and then in the last days her hips seemed to be giving her significant trouble. so it went. anyway. through Durango for a brief visit with Richard and Holly and the kids. Richard on his way north and west to Seattle. on business.

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stoned
  • place: Helsinki, Finland

28::November::2000 21:38 → permalink

Akeno leads the last day of her Butoh lessons in Mika’s class. and serves home-made sushi and green tea. and then does a ten-minute performance. about the lotus and a small Buddha-child statue. about what is happening in the energized soul of the statue as the elemental powers of presence flow through it. the dreams of the world. amazing. I take a stone that Loki and I found in Colorado, one with a textured color that reminded me of anagama-fired ceramics. I give it to her after her performance. there was the stone that I gave to Simon Stockhausen that he made a composition from, and all the other stones that have found me for a time, and then found an Other to join for a time. and all those stones will be around long after we are all dead. this is an undocumented part of the sacrifice project

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sacrifice, sans objet
  • place: Széchenyi Lánchíd, between Buda and Pest, Hungary

17::March::1998 15:35 → permalink

sacrifice, sans objet, Széchenyi Lánchíd, between Buda and Pest, Hungary, March 1998

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sacrifice, hand over Hell
  • place: Vítí in Askja, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland

04::August::1994 10:50 → permalink

sacrifice, hand over Hell, Vítí in Askja, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland, August 1994

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sacrifice, Svartifoss
  • place: Svartifoss, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland

09::July::1993 09:51 → permalink

sacrifice, Svartifoss, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland, July 1993

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sacrifice, Dyrhólaey
  • place: Dyrhólaey, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland

08::July::1993 12:56 → permalink

sacrifice, Dyrhólaey, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland, July 1993

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sacrifice, Konzentrationslager Dachau
  • place: Konzentrationslager Dachau, Bayern, Germany

12::May::1993 13:07 → permalink

sacrifice, Konzentrationslager Dachau, Bayern, Germany, May 1993

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sacrifice, Gígjökull
  • place: Gígjökull, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

20::February::1993 12:34 → permalink

sacrifice, Gígjökull, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland, February 1993

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sacrifice, the well in the Cloister of St. Vincents

26::September::1992 15:14 → permalink

sacrifice, the well in the Cloister of St. Vincents, Chalon-sur-Saône, Bourgogne, France, September 1992

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self-portrait with sunLight, summer Solstice on the Arctic Circle
  • place: Hrísey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

21::June::1992 23:55 → permalink

self-portrait with sunLight, summer Solstice on the Arctic Circle, Hrísey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland, June 1992

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sacrifice at Dettifoss
  • place: Dettifoss, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland

25::July::1991 13:43 → permalink

sacrifice, Dettifoss, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland, July 1991

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sacrifice at Svínafellsjökull
  • place: Svínafellsjökull, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland

27::April::1991 14:36 → permalink

sacrifice, Svínafellsjökull, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland, April 1991

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sacrifice
  • place: Isleford, Maine

29::June::1990 12:51 → permalink

sacrifice, southeast tip of Isleford, Maine, June 1990

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winter sacrifice
  • place: Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado

23::November::1987 12:24 → permalink

winter sacrifice, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado, November 1987

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the original sacrifice
  • place: Racetrack Valley Road, Death Valley National Park, California

28::December::1986 14:14 → permalink

the original sacrifice, along Racetrack Valley Road, Death Valley National Park, California, December 1986

leaving and taking, carrying with, moving, carrying with, moving, juxtaposition, transformation, non-invasive objects, alien placement. sacrifice is a process of leaving value behind, leaving all behind. the body as temporary carrier, temporary custodian of objects which gain energy through proximity. and re-radiate that energy in their next location. for every object kept, one is left. a moment of concentrated thought grounds the exchange, the leaving especially, while acquisition is a focus on what leaps out from back-ground and into hand.

beyond the ongoing action itself, which is the crux, this work is documented through a hypertext/image work that bridges between the Self, the Objects, and texts about Place (be careful, there is no returning); and through a series of images.

We’ve just eaten some mushrooms. It’s bearable out here, to do this, west of the Ubehebe Crater at the far north end of Death Valley. There’s no one around, we haven’t seen another human since last night’s fill-up somewhere in Nevada. The air is still, completely desiccated, with a uniform steel-gray cloud-cover, not too cold. Anthony’s old Ford Torino—the Toe-ree-no we call it—rattled, rattles, will rattle for the whole trip from Colorado, it is mid-winter. It is still rattling as we start up the bad dirt track, southwest towards Teakettle Junction, Anthony was driving. His window is part-way down. I hear some other sound coming from the back of the car, damn, breakdown. I turn to look back as something starts to screech. It grows to an full-on eye-watering scream, and looking across out Anthony’s window, I watch as an F-16 roars past, by us, straight out the window, not 15 feet off the ground. We are both yelling, at each other, at the terrible roar, at the plane which disappears instantly. Stop the fucking car! No immediate place to pull off, the track is cut into the land, below grade, so to pull off is to high-center the car, guaranteed: no tow-trucks out here. We are crawling along, finally come to a pull-out where we stop and exit the vehicle as fast as possible, clamber down into the dry wash nearby, where we sit on some wide and water-smoothed limestone to settle our hyper-stimulated selves down. It is not for a time until we discover the entire surface of the rock we are lounging on is covered with petroglyph star charts, oh my god, we are here! then the sun sets and it gets single-digit cold immediately in the single-digit humidity. We retreat back to the car and drive on in the transparent dark to the Racetrack Playa to cry with the intense cold and wind, watch the unbearably clear skies, before crashing on the frozen ground.

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