Painted Journal 2008
Alan Powell
Walks

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         I walk everyday. Many times with my camera sometimes just with my dog. It is my form of mediation. I mainly walk in the woods but I also love to walk around cities photograph or drawing things. Harry Callahan, the photographer, was a teacher at RISD when I was a student. He started everyday by walking around Providence RI taking pictures. My roommate Dennis Hylnsky also walked everywhere with his camera. I can't get my students to get out of their cars and take a walk. Next year I am teaching a course on walking and journal writing. I like the art work of Richard Long, the British Artist who defined his career by long walks across Africa and Great Briton. In my neighborhood there are about five walkers, people I see often on my journeys in the woods.

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