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Arica HiltonI HEARD AN OAK TREE2020
2020
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About the Item
In 2013, I was asked to curate the poetry for a sound and light installation by Italian artist Marco Nereo Rotelli at
Northwestern University. Marco asked me to write a poem about saving trees.
And I HEARD AN OAK TREE appeared,
I HEARD AN OAK TREE
And it was in a garden I heard that sound, With the window open
A deep groan, like a bass note (the way you like to sleep)
searching for the root. I heard an oak tree
lamenting in the breeze,
I heard a collision, like hands “I was here before you,
pushing aside dirt, rooted,
clearing a path for light like you,
to pour into the center of the earth. reaching
like you.”
I heard a chord
echoing rumours of sunsets
kissing a canopy of trees
And strains of rain streaming life into your limbs.
I heard the Knowing that we belong to Sameness
To earth, to sun, to stars,
to mountains, oceans, trees....
Elements forming you, forming me
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- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38837324152
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