Timelines

There are an unbelievable amount of websites with timelines of disasters. To name a few:

http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001440.html
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/hazards/timeline.html

It's interesting to see what some people consider to be more monumental disasters than others. One, for instance, always seems to have to mention a disaster in the UK, even though its consequences pale in comparison to the disasters occurring in other areas of the world at that time.

After seeing these sites, i've thought that i'll take the stories i collect of personal disasters and place them on a timeline alongside disasters that occurred in history.

I'm still having trouble figuring out how to access the river where it's not completely placid. Maybe that's asking too much since that might be a bit of a risk. I remember the river in Richmond, VA was insanely accessible from many really dangerous angles. Here, everything is coated with thick foliage and poison ivy. But i want to get a good sound recording of moving water and also want to test out whether my string masses with sink when i toss them into the water. So i'm waiting, waiting. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe Sunday. I hate when waiting 24 hours can drag out to seem endless.

One major thing i've come to realize about this piece i have in mind is that it seems to be an attempt to heal something—it could be me or others. Or it could be healing myself by attempting to heal others. It could be the sense that we're always in a state of being damaged and healed all at the same time.

And another thing...these Taliesin tour groups sure can get a little irritating. There's nothing like being stared at like a museum exhibit. I feel bad for the students who have to put up with it year-round, here and in Scottsdale.