Big Horn

bluebird · June 18th, 2006, 07:31 PM

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**Gman1524** · June 19th, 2006, 04:48 PM

I have stood there. Too bad yours did not win. That would have given the Gman a big chill right down his kitty spine.

Here is the one that won. Sorry. This is the only picture that I took that day of the monument. The lighting was too contrasty for the other shots to come out.

bluebird · June 19th, 2006, 10:34 PM

Thanks Gman.

I haven't been to the site since they placed the Indian Memorial there. I remember this winning design...I believe the inspiration came from drawings by Red Horse of the battle and I think the contemporary spirit was influenced by earthworks like those of Robert Smithson.

I'll see if I can find the other finalists, some really exceptional work, btw.

**sucher67** · June 20th, 2006, 01:04 AM

I have to say, I think Bluebird's design would have provided a more sensory experience. Sometimes the feeling of a place is more powerful than a piccture of something.

bluebird · June 20th, 2006, 07:48 AM

Thanks Sucher

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I believe the same about *places* and things created with the human hand. I had a friend who visited a museum, as he walked up a set of stairs, he could feel a *vibration*. As he came to the top there was a Rothko painting...his mentor.

**Gman1524** · June 20th, 2006, 04:29 PM

Rothko was God.