Monday, January 18, 2010

Every place should have a Totem Pole


Sculptures that not only have fascinating symbolism but also mesh with their surroundings.  Love the vertical element, idea of reaching up.


A forest of totem poles




The next ones are from Korea:



These are made by an art teacher in Hawaii--maybe my next job?:



And Clint Eastwood climbed this one in Monument Valley AZ:
















This goes with the question "If you were an animal, which would you be?" I usually want to be like Arthur in the Sword and the Stone and spend a week trying different ones, but perhaps it would make more sense logistically to choose a few favorites and make a pole out of them.

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