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\nMy life is a project. It always has been. On Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Kathie and I were already twenty-four days into self-imposed quarantine. New York City was seeing a sharp rise in new cases, hospitalizations and fatalities. This would continue for several weeks before infection rate showed signs of ebbing. Unable to get to my studio in Haverstraw, New York I kept busy writing, transforming my journals from 1990 to 1992 when I visited and painted Civil War battlefields under threat from development. At the time it seemed like a piquant metaphor for how the American landscape is a quarrel about what it is. In a divided nation thirty years later, it seems timely again. My intention had always been to write a book on the subject. Suddenly I had time to devote to the task.
\nPouring over pairings of words and texts, like in my recent exhibition curated by Laura Vookles<\/a> at Hudson River Museum<\/a>, it occurred to me to start a quotidian blog that celebrates travel, making art and keeping journals. In other words, paying attention<\/em>. Perhaps I thought it might provide some with relief from cabin-fever, or soothe the anxiety of those gripped by fear. Now in the second month of this project, I find the process has had a beneficial effect on me, and hope that it brings comfort to others. At the end of each month, quotidian posts will be archived on new webpages. Below is the page for April 2020. The reader will find plenty of content in each of these links. <\/p>\n

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April 1. North Gate, Hudson Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 2. Thursday. North-South Lake, Haines Falls, New York<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 3. Friday. Ellis Island, New York Harbor.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 4. Saturday. Rio Grande near Embudo Station<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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April 5. Sunday. Sunset, Columbia Railroad Bridge. Schuylkill River<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 6. Monday. The Rio Grande Below Pilar, New Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 7. Tuesday. Fort Wool, Rip-Raps Island, Hampton Roads, Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 8. Passover. Twin Bridges at the Mouth of the Sacandaga<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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April 9. Maundy Thursday. Twin Stone Bridges, Schuylkill River<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 10. Good Friday. Roadside Vista. Rio Grande Gorge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 11. Saturday. Summit Springs Battleground. Sterling, Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 12. Easter Sunday. Western Highlands from Boscobel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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April 13. Monday. Confluent Des Creuses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 14. Tuesday. Looking South from Three Angels<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 15. Wednesday. Confluence of Rio Grande and Rio Pueblo de Taos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 16. Thursday. South Gate. Hudson Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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April 17. Friday. Crows\u2019 Nest Mountain. Hudson Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 18. Saturday. Dragon boat dock, Schuylkill River<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 19. Sunday. From the Rim of Rio Grande Gorge.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 20. Monday. Below the Railway Connecting Bridge, Schuylkill River<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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April 21. Tuesday. Poets\u2019 Walk. Annandale-on-Hudson, New York<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 21. Tuesday (part two). Bonus Dispatch: Field Gear<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 22. Earth Day. Picturesque Effluence in the Schuylkill River<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 23. Thursday. The Summit of Eyjafjallajok\u00fcll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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April 24. Friday. Under the Volcano (Eyjafjallajok\u00fcll)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 25. Saturday. The View from Olana<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 26. Sunday. Outriggers on the Schuylkill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 27. Monday. Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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April 28. Tuesday. Revolutionary War Battery, Fort Lee, New Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 29. Wednesday. Tracking Eliza: An Art-Historical Detective Story<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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April 30. Thursday. John Burroughs Grave-site, Roxbury, New York<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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