It was about fifteen years ago while exploring one of these old dumps that I came across a piece of metal that interested me for some reason.
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Although I made or was inspired to make the illuminated sculptures in the Museum of Desert Lights for purely aesthetic reasons - simply as nice things to look at - I have nevertheless always thought of them as a metaphor for our lives and our deaths.
The story of how and why Los Angeles acquired that land is one of the more colorful and controversial chapters in what are known as the California water wars.
Although ethereal, Robin’s playing is rooted in rock and roll, which of course is in turn is largely rooted in the blues, and so it never loses its groove or its bite.