From New Orleans to Hopedale
37+ miles and two water crossings
14-15 February 2009
Orleans and St Bernard Parishes, Louisiana
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with special thanks to all at A Studio in the Woods :
. Lucianne & Joe Carmichael
. Ama Rogan
. Cammie Hill-Prewitt
. Anne Mueller
. Dave Baker
Monique Verdin
Mollie Day
Selina & Joe Gonzalez
Matine and Xavier Verdin
Capt Mike Williams
Ken Wells
Bob Turner, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
Stevan Spencer, Orleans Levee Board
Lake Borgne Basin Levee Board
Chris Gilmore, US Army Corps of Engineers
Randy Boudreaux, Southern Scrap Recycling
Bayou Bienvenue Flood Gate Operator :
Mark Theard, Orleans Levee District
Bayou Dupree Flood Gate Operator :
Captain Russell S Gelvin, Jr., Lake Borgne Basin Levee District
Supervisor, Pumping Station :
Peter S. Bauer, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District
Jan Gilbert
Dawn M. Barrios
Ryan Prewitt
the porpoise of MRGO
that donkey on the levee
the snake that didn't strike me
and the coyotes of Hopedale
I wheeled my suitcase full of art goodies out the door at 11:59 PM so we were walking with suitcase from 2008-into-2009 this year; emphasis on art + communication, with walking as a given now.
Please consult your welcome packet in regards to Community Involvement and Meeting Artists and let us know if there are any New Orleans artists or other community members that you would like to meet during your residency, and if so, who?
01. Henri Schindler, Creative Director, Rex ; co-founder: Society de Ste Anne (walking club) 02. Ersy (Schwartz), bronze sculptor: “Hommage to Society Of Ste. Anne”. Arthur Roger Gallery, Ogden, NOCCA 03. members of the US Coast Guard, New Orleans esp if I can walk on neighboring USCG property 04. neighbors: Audubon Nature Institute, Endangered Species Research Center, Dr Betsy Dresser 05. people who are building designing re-designing, planning visioning changes in New Orleans area … ? possible interest: John Hoal, architect - H3 Studio, Unified New Orleans Plan or maybe not as literal as that --- could be natural or man-made, grand scale or small scale 06. anyone who wants to talk about MRGO !! (individuals, US Army Corps of Engineers, conservationists, pilots, researchers, ANY TULANE people, etc) 07. anyone with a boat who wants to go on Mississippi River or MRGO or in a swamp/bayou 08. people who want to walk 09. residents of Hopedale, LA 10. absolutely open to suggestions, surprises, serendipity !
I went out for you today, to the beach. not the beach where I held the wet stranger in the silence before the helicopter. no, not that one. I went to the one where I practiced cartwheels in the sand, one after another, as the dog barked and someone collected heart-shaped rocks.
I walk eyes shut today and listen.
I am listening for you today.
booming waves, low and wild, paired with crisp crunch of footfall. the ocean rips, spray rises, foam erupting fizzing as it races up the tideline. in the shallows: clap, slap, slop. ascending, descending, disappearing.
today another dog runs across my track, skidding eight paces in the sand. I go back and measure later.
I count curious pinholes in patterns still remaining, more visible after the sun sinks, when shadows set.
I try to make a perfect impression.
the day you were listening for me:
it is not my time, I said to you just the thought of it calmed me as I watched the car spiral into the air graceful yet struggling, like a fish fighting on the line
today is not my day I said to you, as twisted metal slid in front of me and I drove through it, heart pounding.
it was a brutal 90 degrees up there at the cemetery that afternoon sweat beading down my spine as I ordered the two headstones and walked the grid alone. Halloween. how goth, I joked later.
THINKING OF YOU Sally & Peter WITH LOVE ALWAYS anne
kit kats sugar daddys candy corn trick or treat milk duds butter fingers whoH i ate too much candy
I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN is this a fight? no its a ritual do you have something to say? i didn't hear you don't forget to vote. oh, i won't forget to vote
once there were 4 BREAGYs i met their dad in the 80s we all went camping in the Catskills & slept in tents however i haven't seen the BREAGYs since ...
- new hampshire --- new hampshire ----- new hampshire . . . . . is that like camping every night ?
are you guys soccer champs ruling the field from yr new roost up there in the NORTH. hey you can learn to drive in a field in a farm truck that's fun. How tall are you and what year in school are you? we went camping and Jack brought me espresso to my tent. wow. now you guys probably DRINK COFFEE because that was years ago. you liked my dog BLUE, she had one blue eye. i think we wore flannel shirts. and chopped wood? I hope you have lots of TREES now. i am going to live in a forest for 6 WKS. i walk a lot. i miss you BREAGYs. i can't spell carriage. C-A-R-R-I-A-G-E.
yes getting ready for Kings of Leon tomorrow night at The Warfield. I keep thinking about how things intersect and feed, seed.
I first heard of Kings of Leon through Chrissie Hynde.
WARFIELD CHRISSIE HYNDE KINGS of LEON HUTCHENCE, INXS BRUCE COCKBURN ROCK & ROAR
SB: [laughs] But you were inducted into the Hall [Rock & Roll Hall of Fame] by Neil Young.
CHRISSIE HYNDE: That was the good part. It was absolutely amazing. I mean, getting to play with Neil--it was worth 25 years of playing for that moment.
SB: Were you surprised that he said he was inspired by you guys?
CHRISSIE HYNDE: I think it's the other way around. Is that what he said?
SB: Yeah.
CHRISSIE HYNDE: You know, I guess it works like that in the rock game. I met Kings of Leon recently, and I said to them, "Wow, you guys. Thanks for getting me through the last year of my life." And they said, "Thanks for getting us through high school." That really cheered me up.
