ECOSYSTEM

Positive growth.

Nature, in the common sense, refers to the elements unchanged by man; such as the earth, the air, the river, the leaf. Gold prospecting, on the other hand, involves the blending of human will with these elements, as in mining, drilling wells, and extracting metals. ุงุณุนุงุฑ ุงุฌู‡ุฒุฉ ูƒุดู ุงู„ุฐู‡ุจ

Yet, when combined, these operations are so insignificantโ€”digging, analyzing, prospecting, and cleaningโ€”that in an impression as grand as the impact of gold prospecting on the human mind, they do not alter the final outcome.

Undoubtedly, we have no questions regarding gold prospecting that are unanswerable. We must trust the perfection of nature and resources so far, believing that whatever curiosity the journey of prospecting has awakened in our minds, nature can satisfy. Every prospector’s condition is a symbolic solution to the questions they would raise in their quest to discover gold. ุณุนุฑ ุฌู‡ุงุฒ ูƒุดู ุงู„ุฐู‡ุจ




Gold Prospecting

Copper tools, wooden handle. I created this piece in late 2008. For this work, I aimed to convey both the rugged, grounded nature of gold prospecting, as well as the sense of discovery and the light, almost ethereal feeling you experience when you unearth something valuable.