Dan took a photo for me of the sculpture at the southern entrance to Holbrook, the official "Welcome to Holbrook". I like the design, but there were a number of people who thought it was kind of goofy when it was put in place. The figure on the left is a Native American who is trying to figure out why a crazy cowboy would be perched atop a precariously balanced column of petrified wood. Of course the Indian is standing in the direction that the logs would fall if they weren't "set in stone" so to speak. And, the other crazy thing about it is that petrified wood is never found in a vertical column ... completely silly!
The piece standing in front is really petrified wood, but the sculpture is in metal and has a rusty patina. I think that's what I like about it, the rust.
Before I had seen any petrified wood in its home setting, calling the place a forest was a little perplexing. There are many formations of almost complete trees, but they are horizontal and broken in sections. This welcoming "sign" is also on the road to the Petrified Forest which is 20 miles down the road. It is amazing that people come from all over the world to see the horizontal forest we have so close to our community. Holbrook is a tourist-y place close to a number of places to enjoy in the Southwest. Come and visit.
3 comments:
Mom, you're on a roll with your blog!
I had never stopped to analyze this strange sculpture... Thanks for the interpretation thereof.
Wow, what wonderful art! I hope you're the person I'm looking for.
Clifton Lewis told me to contact you about some history of Ganado. I am a full time missionary, here in the Ganado branch, and before we go home in April, I hope to compile a history of the Ganado branch. The Chinle Stake doesn't seem to have any information on file, so I am hoping you might help me track down history and records on file through the Holbrook stake. I pray that you might be willing, otherwise, there will be major holes in the history. Let me know if you can help. I'm also looking for photos taken back in the good old days.
Wow, what wonderful art! I hope you're the person I'm looking for.
Clifton Lewis told me to contact you about some history of Ganado. I am a full time missionary, here in the Ganado branch, and before we go home in April, I hope to compile a history of the Ganado branch. The Chinle Stake doesn't seem to have any information on file, so I am hoping you might help me track down history and records on file through the Holbrook stake. I pray that you might be willing, otherwise, there will be major holes in the history. Let me know if you can help. I'm also looking for photos taken back in the good old days.
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