{"id":1559,"date":"2019-04-14T17:19:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T16:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2019-04-14T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T16:19:38","slug":"out-of-studio-diversion-snow-line-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/14\/out-of-studio-diversion-snow-line-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of studio diversion \u2013 &#8216;Snow Line&#8217; alternatives."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1559-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowlinebook.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowlinebook.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowlinebook.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1555\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1555\" data-attachment-id=\"1555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/14\/out-of-studio-diversion-snow-line-alternatives\/one\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?fit=5152%2C3120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5152,3120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXUS 185&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555172779&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"one\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;It was wet &amp;#038; white &amp;#038; &amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;It was wet &amp;#038; white &amp;#038; &amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?fit=584%2C354&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1555 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?resize=584%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It was wet &amp; white &amp; ...\" width=\"584\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?resize=1024%2C620&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?resize=495%2C300&amp;ssl=1 495w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was wet &amp; white &amp; &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">When I&#8217;m not in the shop building I&#8217;m generally either working on the computer or painting\/drawing at home. &#8216;Snow Lines&#8217; has occupied a good amount of this time in the last few weeks, particularly given that my slightly sprained ankle has meant that I couldn&#8217;t run. Running is an excellent way to empty your head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ve thought about the poem on and off for a few years and for some reason it has come to the fore now. I don&#8217;t imagine why that might be, I&#8217;ll let the work that arises reveal its motivation or not. I imagined the &#8216;character&#8217; of the poem as the space inside a cave, just on the snow line, injured in some way, perhaps falling into and out of existence as the temperature changes. I know, or think I know, that for Berryman Henry is the wounded creature contemplating his abandonment and feeling sorry for himself. I&#8217;d rather think of it as a literal piece for my purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1558\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1558\" data-attachment-id=\"1558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/14\/out-of-studio-diversion-snow-line-alternatives\/snowlinedrawing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?fit=3512%2C3568&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3512,3568\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXUS 185&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555173323&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snowlinedrawing\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Drawing April 2019 &amp;#8211; 28&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Drawing April 2019 &amp;#8211; 28&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?fit=584%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1558 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?resize=584%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Drawing April 2019 - 28\" width=\"584\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?resize=1008%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/snowlinedrawing.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drawing April 2019 &#8211; 28<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I began a drawing before I started to build the large sculpture, and I assembled a scrapbook in which I laid out the poem to play around with found materials. The drawing is based on a curled up creature, protecting itself. In this case a pangolin, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of news about pangolins lately. Apparently their scales are made of the same material as rhinoceros horn. I also found a hedgehog in the garden a week or two ago, during the day, curled up and obviously not well. The hedgehog hospital told me to put it under a bush and leave it. I buried it the next day. I&#8217;m wondering whether the drawing attracted the hedgehog or vice versa. I&#8217;m not really.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1556\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1556\" data-attachment-id=\"1556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/14\/out-of-studio-diversion-snow-line-alternatives\/seventeen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?fit=4672%2C2568&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4672,2568\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXUS 185&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555173085&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seventeen\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;If I had to do the whole thing &amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;If I had to do the whole thing &amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?fit=584%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1556\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?resize=584%2C321&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"If I had to do the whole thing ...\" width=\"584\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?resize=1024%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?resize=500%2C275&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/seventeen.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If I had to do the whole thing &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I&#8217;m not in the shop building I&#8217;m generally either working on the computer or painting\/drawing at home. &#8216;Snow Lines&#8217; has occupied a good amount of this time in the last few weeks, particularly given that my slightly sprained ankle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/14\/out-of-studio-diversion-snow-line-alternatives\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,15,9,19,40,39,32,35,34],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-creative","tag-drawing","tag-new","tag-poetry","tag-text","tag-thinking","tag-wip","tag-workinprogress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/one.jpg?fit=5152%2C3120&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2me3G-p9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}