Sea of Blue (2,026) $$0.00 I spent the day at Spring Creek. (I'm leaving this short because I'd prefer to not have a detailed description of the work on the website. But to answer the question, the piece is a video I took mostly over the course of one day at Spring Creek, the spot near the Ozark Highlands Nature Center. I made it because it felt like I had to, and it matters to me because I think it captures some hopes and fears I have around water and connectivity, water and history, water and lineage, water and me.) Monica Diodati Bella Vista, Arkansas Filmmaking & Multimedia Art, Written Word What is Spring Creek to you? I was worried that my connection to Spring Creek wasn't specific enough at first, only anecdotal, fleeting. So maybe my connection to Spring Creek is one of worry. While editing the video, I found myself thinking about a book I took from my grandmother's house, about a woman capsizing in the sea. I wanted my grandmother to have been the artist, but she wasn't. Maybe my relationship to Spring Creek is also one of desperation, desperation for a connection that I'm worried isn't there.

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