-a sixteen foot beam balanced eight feet out a third story window

-an agricultural water trough mounted on the inside end of the beam holding 22 gallons of water, which is leaking

-on the outside a small functional seat and handlebars support a 180 pound man who is intently attempting to hold his balance against the weight of the water.

-six tape recorders with loop tapes repeating over and over again levitate, levitate, levitate.

-----I believe a sense of balance is an essential skill.-----

When we talk about balance it can allude to the artist's life and his/ her attempts to balance basic needs with creative aspiration.

We can talk about the mental balance that would drive an individual to sit on a beam outside a second floor window.

We can discuss the compositional balance of the individual framed by the window placed against the natural hillside.

We can talk about the balance between the elemental forces of life both within and outside the body, the role of water in the landscape is not unlike the role of water in the body and of no less importance.

We can talk about the natural world supporting our societal lifestyle and economic well being, indeed it may seem one's fate is connected to the other, hanging in balance so to speak.

We can talk about the difference between what may seem a carefully controlled set of possibilities within this room, and the balance of myriad possibilities without.

Next time you come, bring a gallon of your water, and put it in the trough, I am still........ . . . reaching for the sky.