Inspirational Journeys

Sunday, July 18, 2004

In 1947 sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski, moved too Thunder Mountain. He constructed a 741 foot staircase to the peak of the Mountain to begin, with his lone jackhammer, possibly the worlds largest sculpture, Crazy Horse. For the next 33 years he chipped away at the mammoth mountain side until his death.

His eye is 12 feet wide, his outstretched arm the length of a subway train. And by the time his horse is finished, we’ll all be dead. Ready Made

The recent issue of Ready Made has its top inspirational ESCape’s. They include: Crazy Horse Memorial, Price Tower, Underground Gardens, Marfa, Animal Sanctuary, and Gethesmani. I’m seriously thinking about spending a couple nights in “the tree that escaped the crowded forest,” then hopping over too “The mounted man of South Dakota,” and finishing the trip off with a visit too “A solitary man’s subterranean legacy.” This is definitely an issue worth checking out.