SAND SERVES AS a metaphor for change-sands of time, shifting sands. Art is generally associated with permanence; great art stands the test of time. Even performance artists want at least to be remembered. So how does the sand sculptor, who might spend days crafting an elaborate creation only to see it washed away, reconcile these conflicting ideas? With a camera, of course.
– Tons of sand used by Woodstock-based Sand Sculpture Co. to build a 50-by-35-foot montage of “Star Wars” characters at Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee in 1999: 250.
– Height of the tallest sand castle on record, built in Maine in 2003: 29.25 FEET.
– Years that Michelangelo took to sculpt “David” in marble: 3.
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“Don’t hang on. Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.”
-KANSAS, “DUST IN THE WIND”
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