A bit of tar has been showing up on the beach in front of my studio the last couple of weeks. I understand it
is coming from normal seepage cracks in the ocean floor.
That not too reassuring but it is not thick enough to
cause any damage – except to my feet as I run on the
beach. Because the tar is widely dispersed it is not
always easy to see and avoid . The local Indians that
lived in this area a few hundred years ago used the tar
to waterproof their canoes. As I have lived most of my
life real close to the beach – (a few hundred yards) the
tar has always been a part of my life. In this assemblage
the cars imbedded and coated with tar reflects the use
and misuse of the natural resource. I heard a comment
the other day saying that if oil was discovered in the
fifteenth century we wouldn’t be here today. I think it
would have been tough to feed the stuff to the horses.
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