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CCC art students enhance nature trail with public art
I then saw two painted
masks and a painted fl ower
near it, too.
I realized this is student
art from the college’s Basic
Design art class. The theme
this year is “Shinrin-Yoku,”
which is a form of healing
gained from walking a trail
or spending time in nature.
It is a grand exhibit of
public art in a natural set-
ting. The damp, cool air and
early-morning bird songs
made the experience all the
more rich, therapeutic and
enlightening.
The work, too, is inspir-
By JONATHAN WILLIAMS
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
O
n a recent morn-
ing run, I stumbled
across something
quite remarkable and worth
stopping to for.
I was running the steep
half mile trail that connects
the Astoria Column to the
Clatsop Community Col-
lege campus.
As I’m descending the
narrow, slick trail I noticed
what looked like a purple
umbrella dangling in the
distance.
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ing, layered with passion
and clear artistic intent.
Many of the pieces are
accompanied by an artist’s
statement.
The relationship between
the environment, humans,
animals and trash are
explored in many of the
pieces.
There is a jellyfi sh made
out of plastic grocery bags
to draw attention to the
increasing amount of trash
in the ocean. The bags came
from a single home over the
course of two months.
There’s also a “Weeping
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Waste” tree made from plas-
tic and other waste items.
There are handcrafted
fl ies, wire sculpted birds
and cats artistically placed,
as well as eagle, elephant
and human painted face
masks.
Spiritual, thoughtful
messages are also present,
like a quote by Tara Brach
dangling from a string
attached to the umbrella:
“How you live today is how
you live your life.”
There are also nature-in-
fused poems:
“Have you felt the roar
of the sea? / It molds the
bones within me/ I know the
pulse of the ebb and fl ow/
The maw of the matron
is ever large/ We should
respect her, lest she get hun-
Jonathan Williams
A plastic jellyfi sh on the “Shinrin-Yoku” themed art trail at
Clatsop Community College.
gry some day.”
As I neared the base of
the trail, this poetic note
also stuck out to me:
“One of my favorite
things about living in the
Pacifi c Northwest is listen-
ing to the natural symphony
of sounds around us. The
chirping of the birds, the
sound of the gentle breeze
as it passes through the vast
variety of foliage, waves
crashing against the shore,
but my favorite sound has
always been the chorus of
frogs in the evenings.”
This vital display of pub-
lic art does exactly what it is
supposed to: promote a con-
versation about art and the
environment, create aware-
ness of an issue and ulti-
mately explore how we live
and coexist with nature in a
coastal community.
Whether you walk this
trail starting from the col-
lege or the column, it is
time well spent. CW