There Are Occasions When I

I Knew The Tree When It Grew, And The Tree Is Now Gone. The Farmers Cut It Up, And It's Become Firewood. And There's This Tremendous Sense Of Absence And Shock And Violence Attendant To That Collapsing Tree.

When I Do The Permanent Projects Or The Big Projects, When A Work Is Finished, That's The Beginning Of Its Life.

As With All My Work, Whether It's A Leaf On A Rock Or Ice On A Rock, I'm Trying To Get Beneath The Surface Appearance Of Things. Working The Surface Of A Stone Is An Attempt To Understand The Internal Energy Of The Stone.

The British Climate, Although It Is Very Wet, It Is Quite Mild In Winter. We Don't Get These Severe - Generally Don't Get Severe Winters.

People Also Leave Presence In A Place Even When They Are No Longer There.