In October 2009 I got the idea of spending some time travelling to make petroglyphs. By Thanksgiving 2009 I began to float the idea of going walkabout to my friends and family, who were mostly lukewarm (at best) to the idea. By New Years 2010 I began to plan wholeheartedly, and as the plan evolved, my friends became more supportive of the idea of an extended trip to make petroglyphs. The plan by mid January was to move out of my apartment April 1, with May 1 as a fallback, and hit the road. . February and March I worked tnthusiastically to temporarily close Warrug.com and move all of my shamefully coupious personal property (a.k.a. junk) into storage while feverishly planning my trip:locations to work, routes, tools, campng gear, van transformation. At this point my friends had become enthusiastically supportive while I had begun to think the whole idea might be… a little drastic.
March 23 the truck arrived, six hours late, to pick up my personal property. April 1 I vacated my beautiful apartment. April 10 I left New York City. I spent a couple of weeks prepping and staging in Minnesota, and on May 1 I left for locations westward. Today, May 20, I find myself in a cafe in Stanley, ND working on preparatory drawing for my first major carving of the trip.
This blog will serve as journal of my trip and work.
I will go back a while and recount my planning, preparations, and departure, but first, here is the first carving I’ve made geared to the specific local in which I am working. Its a contemporary tractor used in the wheat farms around Kenmare where I find myself.
