Serpentine. 1976. 2.5". Private Collection.
Here is an example of the way things happen sometimes.
I found a small piece of serpentine on a backpacking trip, and for several days I scraped on it with my pocket knife.
The more I played with it, the more it reminded me of cloak and dagger stuff, of spies, and of a dark kind of secrecy that is ominous and to be avoided at all costs.
Back at home, I photographed it on a round of firewood and gave it to my backpacking partner.
Photo by Lee Gass.
Here is an example of the way things happen sometimes.
I found a small piece of serpentine on a backpacking trip, and for several days I scraped on it with my pocket knife.
The more I played with it, the more it reminded me of cloak and dagger stuff, of spies, and of a dark kind of secrecy that is ominous and to be avoided at all costs.
Back at home, I photographed it on a round of firewood and gave it to my backpacking partner.
Photo by Lee Gass.