I thought now would be a good time to share some of what I've found on the flooding that occurred here in Spring Green. For one, i was told about 2 videos: one that showed the Taliesin driveway where there's a large pond flooded out all the way to County Rd C and the other was a video of cows floating down the river under an overpass (don't worry, they manage to find ground to stand on).
It sounds like Taliesin was surrounded by a moat of water...not even from the river but just from runoff and the creeks overflowing. I keep trying to imagine it as i look at the area around me and see the patches of damaged crops but it's just so hard to see. I think it's the same as when you know a person as an adult and hear about some traumatic incident that occurred when they were younger and have a hard time picturing them dealing with that situation. Here stands a somewhat together human being. Trying to imagine them amidst chaos and how they might be is difficult because you believe in the self that's put before you. Here stands the placid green pastures of Wisconsin with a mildly flowing stream next to them.
Another silly, strange video i found was one of the irrigation systems still running while an entire field of crops are flooded out. This is also in Spring Green.
What i was surprised by is how calm the water looks. When i was looking for an area to do filming for my piece, I wanted to find moving water that made noise. Now it seems as though it happens almost quietly—like someone creeping up on you. How something so seemingly calm can be so damaging is unsettling.
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these are great. strange how the devastation of a flood can be made to seem beautiful once Enya is being played in the background.
I remember sand bagging in Grand Forks while I was on the swim team in college. The river floods every year because it flows north instead of south. It is so dreamlike to see whole trees rapidly flowing down the river.
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