An Old Man wanders in the Snow
Life in the time of the Corona Pandemic. I am trying to live a quiet isolated life and stay productive. I try to get into the woods everyday to ski or hike. I love the outdoors. My great grandfather was part of a religous movement in the late 1800's that it was our...
Covid Dream- 9/07/2020
Covid Dreams was a collaborative project started in the spring of 2020, led by Buffalo, New York video artist, Dorothea Brammer. Dorothea brought a group of twenty artists from around the world to construct videos from the collective dreams that we were having. I put...
Alan Powell: Corona Diaries#13 A Walk in the Garden
There are three narratives that happen when you take. a walk in nature. The first is what you see. The second narrative is what you hear. The third narrative is the dialogue in your head as you pass through the trees and smell the air. This is the thirteeth...
Alan Powell: Corona Diaries #14 – Goodbye to my Seniors
Every tear spring comes and i am exhausted and sad. Losing my seniors is like being left at the alter. Heartbroken and lonely I pack my bags, clean up my office, and head into the woods to hike and make art. My mentor and teacher from RISD told me that his best dyas...
Alan Powell: ZOOM MEETING ZERO
My only verbal contact with the outside world is through the window of electronic media. I long for the tactile experience of touch and facial reactions. We hurry through our business. I try to find that place where the media/ medium only sees itself. We become echos...
Powell: Corona Diaries #11: Making Compost
The mundane and the healthy. I have been making Compost for over 45 years. When I was twenty years old i worked on Scott and Helen Nearings farm in Maine. Day after day i would build these 4ft by 4 ft X 4ft piles with logs, sheep manure and seaweed. A pile would...