Mountains

During this art seminar I enjoyed the art I saw in every reading, but the one I liked the most was our first reading A Meditation of Fire. I felt a huge connection between James Watkins and Texas that I decided I wanted to do something similar to what he did. His vision and sensitiveness to nature was so powerful that I felt I needed to learn to appreciate nature more.  

When I moved to Lubbock I found out that one of the things I missed the most from back home were the mountains. I lived in Juarez until I was 14, then moved to El Paso so I have always been near mountains. Another thing that influenced my final project are the Guadalupe Mountains, every time I go back home I have to go through those mountains and I can assure you those are one of the most beautiful views I have ever seen. Mountains in my personal point of view are wonders and full of meaning. I see mountains as a representation of our own life, it takes so much to get to the top (time, willingness, effort etc..) but once you get to the top there is a sense of freedom and you are so proud of how far you have come. For my final project I decided to build something that represented the mountains that are important in my life as of today.  

Since I am an architecture student I decided to make a model since it is something very important in my life. I made a cardboard model that starts from higher to lower representing going from Juarez to El Paso, from El Paso to Guadalupe Mountains and from Guadalupe Mountains to Lubbock. So basically as I get closer to Lubbock the mountains disappear. The brown cardboard represents the earth and the paths you have to take to get to the mountains and the white is meant to represent the mountains and my personal goals (which is to eventually get to the top of the mountain). 

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." Edward Abbey