A clay totem created in an early landscape architecture design studio, using sculpture to store and recall memories of a one-week solo trip through Central Oregon.
Told from bottom to top, the story follows a young crow who believes he must fly higher and farther than others to see. Through encounters with three spirit guides, he learns that he needs only to open his eyes.
The totem also embodied the people, environment, and events that conspired in mysterious ways to enable safe passage on earlier wanderings, from treks along the Appalachian and Pacific Crest trails to hopping freight trains and hitchhiking through Mexico.
