ISBN: 0810933519
Description.
Goldsworthy's books inspire and help me regain a perspective placing my everyday experience of living in the "created environment" (man-made cities) within the larger context of nature. Esentially, everything we do is, or can be, a Collaboration with Nature.
Goldsworthy's creations run from broken and refrozen icicles to woven leaves to cracked stones and boulders wrapped in flower petals. More than the striking visual beauty of the photographs, each image tells a story of an afternoon or a day spent with the artist's hands massaging some small ephemeral monument to human existence from the found objects that are the language and symbols of nature.
These books are a springboard to self-expression. They are food for a creative mind. I recommend them not only for architects and artists, but for engineers, doctors, craftspeople, teachers and everyone really. Spend some time with these books. Then, go play outside!
