tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78593846937042765422024-02-18T17:36:19.288-08:00Victor Cicansky ~ SculptorVic Cicansky, internationally-known Saskatchewan artist living in Regina, makes clay and bronze sculptures with humour and passion inspired by his love of gardening.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-80483058469677345472021-10-30T13:52:00.001-07:002021-11-02T16:36:06.474-07:00Generations of art and artists<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif;">Art plays an important part in the mental and intellectual growth of children. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqVXGz547YgA0IgjSMX_-pBf8f8i4FUfPzIZxpnncWjGUm2l8SbCfEbWDh4ZVxNIWmLLHp00R9zw7LprEj-figrHEybPXJKpH6Hrm32508E379paR_F9Rmw2gnLHGSlBCWx0TGawutSQ/s1103/vc-generations21-01_w5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="1103" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqVXGz547YgA0IgjSMX_-pBf8f8i4FUfPzIZxpnncWjGUm2l8SbCfEbWDh4ZVxNIWmLLHp00R9zw7LprEj-figrHEybPXJKpH6Hrm32508E379paR_F9Rmw2gnLHGSlBCWx0TGawutSQ/w400-h200/vc-generations21-01_w5w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><i>Generations</i></b> is a family show, featuring my dad’s artworks, my own, plus works by my kids and grandchildren. When I was teaching art education to teachers at the University, I would use slides of my own kids’ and grandkids’ artworks, to give teachers an idea of what to expect at each age and grade level. From the time my kids could hold a pencil or crayon, I kept their scribbles, their drawings and paintings. When they became able to manipulate clay, I kept the clay objects they made and painted. This exhibition, <b><i>Generations,</i></b> confirms that the arts and art education, are fundamental to hand and brain development. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aYA2oz4ngKO85vNqLu9EpYQhVhY7oq0QyZLQIUA0utbziJHI0UBTd4GVF4mWQQ9wjKcGvPl6Jqt001btAmKtGNF4U_wJR2FLLELlaGPbqyDwNQUFUOpasPdng6t6rNJt_zzshYd0S4w/s1080/vc-generations21-01_m5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aYA2oz4ngKO85vNqLu9EpYQhVhY7oq0QyZLQIUA0utbziJHI0UBTd4GVF4mWQQ9wjKcGvPl6Jqt001btAmKtGNF4U_wJR2FLLELlaGPbqyDwNQUFUOpasPdng6t6rNJt_zzshYd0S4w/w400-h200/vc-generations21-01_m5w.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIuLNWMiG7gdEAvGrs0V68WYpOFrJxBMh8lEq6hTxqtZZchql82mCUbassAnTQDamGIJ3dzv-9IbyR7u9h2SaHoR4-HHGi1R8hzBzVEJS3z4GstKYYwz_nvFrpqrWFpeunge_tdN_CT8/s1080/vc-generations21-01_k5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIuLNWMiG7gdEAvGrs0V68WYpOFrJxBMh8lEq6hTxqtZZchql82mCUbassAnTQDamGIJ3dzv-9IbyR7u9h2SaHoR4-HHGi1R8hzBzVEJS3z4GstKYYwz_nvFrpqrWFpeunge_tdN_CT8/w400-h266/vc-generations21-01_k5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItHjKTNXRVwxYyhyphenhyphen5xC2W3J-5LXm3Jg9vlgRmtnuNUtVL2_DhdKfQAPj2H4xw5Pu5cseOQgOgn0L9mt-PqC_RzRPIOs6MsIu0GnZHZHwgJDzDBMGNQBqfD8-99QGmCk5pjAV0dScvkk0/s1080/vc-generations21-01_c5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1080" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItHjKTNXRVwxYyhyphenhyphen5xC2W3J-5LXm3Jg9vlgRmtnuNUtVL2_DhdKfQAPj2H4xw5Pu5cseOQgOgn0L9mt-PqC_RzRPIOs6MsIu0GnZHZHwgJDzDBMGNQBqfD8-99QGmCk5pjAV0dScvkk0/w400-h160/vc-generations21-01_c5w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzpWnW0GHx1pOl2_0xsmLwkmg94SQSNK1WJhdPW1lA7jB56ifGRm6rXD66itDX4cm-rG9u3HIkr4XtkRbEvF1cO4ZacWugour9-gPLNU0HRiQj9mDDst5cRRRn8PGomshH58hnlyg80s/s1080/vc-generations21-01_r5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzpWnW0GHx1pOl2_0xsmLwkmg94SQSNK1WJhdPW1lA7jB56ifGRm6rXD66itDX4cm-rG9u3HIkr4XtkRbEvF1cO4ZacWugour9-gPLNU0HRiQj9mDDst5cRRRn8PGomshH58hnlyg80s/w400-h200/vc-generations21-01_r5w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; font-size: 12pt;">For almost a decade now, the arts ecology in this province has suffered a drought. As usual, when the economy hits the rocks, governments cut art budgets in the name of austerity. In Europe and Asia, the arts are taught at every grade level.</span><div><span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRqKFZS12GG7hKa0swcA0vrVIzVKPSz7AgcoQK350W5bUJxTD-j97TLk4YaznHy9E9pLWe8Y5Bk6Nb2eGaeKxNQD0X9UWxMEa8zq6DevaJooHmlndrT2TpB4vrYsGcqokxdrfyQ-XMmo/s1080/vc-generations21-01_i5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRqKFZS12GG7hKa0swcA0vrVIzVKPSz7AgcoQK350W5bUJxTD-j97TLk4YaznHy9E9pLWe8Y5Bk6Nb2eGaeKxNQD0X9UWxMEa8zq6DevaJooHmlndrT2TpB4vrYsGcqokxdrfyQ-XMmo/w400-h266/vc-generations21-01_i5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FlZmGIGZf_yKp_0mXwswz36hMix_2F6Jc5kveb_Y-gmc5SpFqAeRaj89CLAa_P6OAukkM5ZvBOI7IyiYBFE_PYXcl3jx2z62YEgthaYsvhWZ01_xMR2ytD2QiEYAcJUzq0KrhWf7qLw/s1080/vc-generations21-01_m5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FlZmGIGZf_yKp_0mXwswz36hMix_2F6Jc5kveb_Y-gmc5SpFqAeRaj89CLAa_P6OAukkM5ZvBOI7IyiYBFE_PYXcl3jx2z62YEgthaYsvhWZ01_xMR2ytD2QiEYAcJUzq0KrhWf7qLw/w400-h200/vc-generations21-01_m5w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in;">That’s why we need to advocate for arts education.<br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in;">We are moving into a future that will require creative thinkers who will be able to solve a host of new problems creatively, using both hands and both hemispheres of the brain.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSp-Ts8Sjjy-aPRgmQz5d-6GcfnSheB97o2hjpxxBH_8D6CndU9d5ipPcOaxnSPALpiK6IS47ACBvGRBQVuEt0bTo_NeYx2YXunmRfbd_Bvs3GDKSWVgv1ug8EAb3brZ1uvmuMLmGPB0/s1080/vc-generations21-01_b5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1080" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSp-Ts8Sjjy-aPRgmQz5d-6GcfnSheB97o2hjpxxBH_8D6CndU9d5ipPcOaxnSPALpiK6IS47ACBvGRBQVuEt0bTo_NeYx2YXunmRfbd_Bvs3GDKSWVgv1ug8EAb3brZ1uvmuMLmGPB0/w640-h256/vc-generations21-01_b5w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQVZbAnCEm_9FCL3gGzdCKzA3tyF0k9mNIntWO37ERJcDFmC8q1XB3jP3wd77kd6VbCTUIDQiD5JURro2dQ4m6hkIHLoZTXMVkXOUCQUSSfWRex98NMq0FcVigGqlWRTvGhyphenhyphen5-qjnkxc/s1080/vc-generations21-01_e5w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1080" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQVZbAnCEm_9FCL3gGzdCKzA3tyF0k9mNIntWO37ERJcDFmC8q1XB3jP3wd77kd6VbCTUIDQiD5JURro2dQ4m6hkIHLoZTXMVkXOUCQUSSfWRex98NMq0FcVigGqlWRTvGhyphenhyphen5-qjnkxc/w640-h256/vc-generations21-01_e5w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-87589469142156015912020-10-21T23:51:00.004-07:002020-10-21T23:51:41.077-07:00When a concept becomes a vision, and then a project... and finally all the pieces start to fall into place<p>It's been ten long years since the Gazebo project was first proposed for the Grow Regina Community Garden, but all the components are fitting together nicely, we're painting it this weekend, and installation should be completed by the second week of November. It is already an impressive structure!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliMujBNZERJ71kAboksSXU75YQHlcFWkiMeqpL5olaeecLzqkTjuP8lDbMdOr46DBNF2sOWSWvYPsxH4YtnbIi8Q-UuuYJsiGUgWcb0bD3e9PGpVqVX5lmHRfnNVS7P13HStpCdVHxn0/s1080/vc-gazebosketch10_a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliMujBNZERJ71kAboksSXU75YQHlcFWkiMeqpL5olaeecLzqkTjuP8lDbMdOr46DBNF2sOWSWvYPsxH4YtnbIi8Q-UuuYJsiGUgWcb0bD3e9PGpVqVX5lmHRfnNVS7P13HStpCdVHxn0/w400-h320/vc-gazebosketch10_a5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsRnjrWvvNiSpRHOCU2JEWsr2qYLLPs0nx50zGwkVSCZPHKwqDk5rYqWZXA1a45zFzSUKTc1oZwa1IrnH0YjQ9AZTiHln_JMoSzYsyVTQJ4n4nS3nJMz9TAh33me2QXfzDYhbA4c_bvQ/s1080/vc-gazebomaquette12_a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; font-size: 12pt;">With spring on its way, I start to look forward with excitement for the first plants to appear in my neighborhood. On my regular (but solitary, given social distancing) walks through my garden gate and into Massey Park, the snows have gone, the grass is greening, and the migratory waterfowl and songbirds are out in abundance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’ll be looking for dandelions, but they’re not up yet. Give it another week or so and we’ll start to see a lot of changes. The pretty yellow flowers will appear here and there, almost by surprise, and I’ll be picking couple of handfuls of these flowers where no killer sprays have been used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The flowers are edible, medicinal, and bursting with Vitamin C. Peel away the tendrils under the flowers and wash in cold water. Dip them in a runny pancake batter and fry in oil for 3 minutes. Eat as appetizers or as toppers on a dandelion salad of freshly picked leaves. They’ll be the first fresh treats of the season!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-81075243403068875272020-03-30T11:59:00.000-07:002020-04-06T11:05:49.906-07:00Honouring the Blue Marble<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">On December 21 in 1968 the Apollo 8 manned spacecraft was launched on a voyage to the moon. In orbit around the moon, the astronauts observed and photographed our planet, a blue marble against the inky black void of the universe. The grandeur of this unique photo, which they called <i>Earthrise</i>, captured the imagination of the world and became the icon of the global environmental movement. The vast loneliness of this blue marble rising in black space is awe-inspiring, and makes you realize that ours is only known inhabited planet in the universe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">When I look at the photos of <i>Earthrise</i>, it pains me to bear witness to our home planet turning into a garbage dump and an abiotic chemical desert. The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth. We are part of the web of life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our species is the problem. We want stuff, and more stuff! We are consumers. But more stuff won’t make us happy, and it certainly won’t make the world a better or healthier place for life in all its many forms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">For decades, we’ve been dumping billions and billions of tonnes of toxic chemicals on the soil, into to the atmosphere and into rivers, lakes, oceans, aquifers and groundwater. Soils have become depleted of nutrients due to intensive chemical farming practices, and the runoff is polluting water resources. The widespread use of antibiotics compromises human resistance to disease. As carbon accumulation drives climate change, the air the we breathe depends on the lifestyle choices we make every day. The pollution and damage we are doing to the earth, we do to ourselves, and to the web of life we are part of. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a species we must acknowledge we are the problem. We seem incapable of solving the ecological damage we are causing on Earth. A meteor the size of a mountain once slammed into the earth filling the atmosphere with dust, toxic gas and debris that drastically and immediately altered the global climate, killing off all the dinosaurs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">What should our response be for the gifts the Earth bestows on us – the gift of life, water, air and the soil beneath our feet? The author E.O. Wilson proposes we set aside and preserve large tracts of land and ocean to protect the world’s rapidly disappearing plant and animal species, giving nature some time to recover. We can save the planet by reducing our population, creating more habitable urban environments, planting front and backyard gardens, shrinking our ecological footprint, and by planting trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Trees love carbon. They suck it up and lock it in the soil. The billion-tree planting campaign was instigated by Wangari Maatthai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who founded the Green Belt Movement in Africa in 1977. That movement sparked the <i>Billion Tree Campaign</i> which later launched the <i>Trillion Tree Campaign</i>. As of February 2020, over 13 trillion trees have been planted by young and old, rich and poor, working together. It is estimated that planting 1.2 trillion more trees would counteract ten years of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now for the good news. According to Paul Monks, professor at Leicester University, there are important lessons we can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. There are fewer cars on the road, fewer planes in the air and many factories shut down, slashing air pollution levels around the globe. This is essentially the largest scale experiment in the world in reducing air pollution. Pollution levels in many parts of China have become ten to 30 percent lower than last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The world is facing the most alarming challenge ever – the climate crisis! I am old enough to remember the Victory Gardens of the Second World War. This was an urban phenomenon of planting gardens: vegetables, fruits and herbs to demonstrate patriotic citizenship in helping to win the war. What the world needs now more than ever before, is to reverse climate change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century schoolbook" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is our war, the collaboration of all hands and green thumbs working together with our grandchildren, planting trees and backyard gardens. We need to learn stability and balance, going back to the basics of a simpler life marked by independence and cooperation. Dig up your lawn with a spade and plant a garden. People can and will change when the chips are down, and when we realize what’s truly important in the relationship between humankind and nature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-42082213983871286242020-03-23T15:30:00.000-07:002020-03-31T12:47:22.428-07:00The Gardener's Universe sets down roots in the Maritimes<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<i>As part of the opening reception for his lifetime retrospective exhibition at the <b>Confederation Centre of the Arts</b> in Charlottetown in early March, Victor was invited to present an Artist Talk on some of the inspiration behind his artistic work. He chose to speak about <b>Dirt</b>.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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I grew up with healthy dirt on my hands. My fascination with dirt (and gardens) developed around the age of seven, as I observed my grandmother Bunica standing barefoot in her early spring garden, bending down to scoop up a handful of garden soil. She squeezed it. She smelled it. She rubbed it between her fingers to examine it for organic matter. Was the soil alive? Was it ready for planting?<o:p></o:p></div>
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A teaspoon of healthy soil can hold up to one billion bacteria according to Kathy Merrifield, a retired nematologist from Oregon State University. Each of these creatures has a role to play in keeping soil healthy, but this underground livestock also needs to be fed, to maintain and renew soil fertility. Nature does this by recycling plant and animal residues. As gardeners, we do it by composting and mulching to increase organic matter. Voracious soil bacteria break down organic matter into nutrients that plants need to grow and to stay healthy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a kid, I could walk all the way to Wetmore School down back alleys from my home in the Garlic Flats. Every backyard had a garden. Back then, most people were still connected to the land, like my grandmother Bunica, getting their hands dirty planting gardens. That's what gardeners have been doing for thousands and thousands of years. Soil is the foundation of life. It has sustained us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The disconnect with the land came around 1947/50, with the first supermarkets selling fruits and vegetables, based on mechanization and chemical farming using herbicides, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers This destroyed the natural productivity of the soil and polluted water resources. Industrial food production is a major polluter of our environment. Most people don’t even know where their food is coming from, how it was grown or how it was processed. Cheap food is packaged in plastic and the only thing that matters is price not quality. Wash your fruits and vegetables, they say!<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, a revolution in gardening is well under way. People are digging up their unproductive, chemically-polluted lawns to grow organic gardens. This transition is about people reconnecting with garden dirt and with growing food where they live. Others are joining community gardens. Still others with shovels in hand are digging up their backyards and planting gardens with lettuces, radishes, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs and much more. This revolution in planting productive organic gardens is growing by leaps and bounds. <o:p></o:p></div>
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By planting an organic garden, you are working with nature not against it. Involve your grandkids. Gardening is a magnet for kids. It’s a small step toward food security, but an important part of building a sustainable world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every summer, I have a lot of fun observing the interesting reproductive variations of the plants emerging in the garden. Sexual reproduction was an early evolutionary innovation and, when we think about it, is commonplace. The birds do it, the bees do it and plants do it throughout the growing season. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The latest sexual wonder in my garden this summer has been a <i>Franz bunching onion.</i>Its companions normally grow in bunches of 20 or more tops. It’s what I general expect. However, this single Franz erection that popped up in the onion patch this year is 140 cm tall (and that was a week and a half ago!)! This Jack in the bean stalk onion appears to be a celebratory show-off, with a flower like no other, eagerly inviting pollinators to fertilize it to reproduce another unique Franz onion. Just goes to show, <i>garden sex works!</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> “To forget to till the earth and tend the soil </span></i></span><i style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">is to forget ourselves.” </span></i><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">– G</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">handi</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook;">Today, most people live virtual lives playing with their technological toys and have lost their connection to planet earth. Scooping up handfuls of garden soil or walking barefoot in garden soil, allows your skin to breathe and absorb vitamins and minerals from the soil. They do not understand that we are part of nature and that our bodies are made up of the same elements, minerals and energy that make up this planet. Life from the Soil.<o:p></o:p></span>Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-27636578433792647862017-12-21T13:30:00.000-08:002017-12-29T11:20:21.195-08:00Update on CO2<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">On Thursday,
July 7, 2016, I wrote a blog alert quoting Lawrence Soloman’s article in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Financial Post:</i> “Hooray! There’s reason
to celebrate that CO</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> levels are rising.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">What’s to
celebrate? Recent finding from NASA and the University of Otago, New Zealand
provide us with the first global picture of the seasonal change in the patterns
of vegetation – known as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">phenology</i>,
the timing of leaf emergence and how CO</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
is altering the cycle. The planet is getting greener. Plants love CO</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">. But……….!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Earlier leaf
emergence moving out of synch with the life cycles of birds, pollinators and
mammals will have a significant impact on the ecosystem and could lead to
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Are these early
warning indicators of catastrophic ecosystem changes? NASA is sending up three
missions to investigate the role of plants in the breathing earth’s carbon and
water cycle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Edward O.
Wilson's book,<b> </b><a href="http://www.half-earthproject.org/book/" target="_blank"><i><b>Half Earth</b>: Our PlanetsFight for Life</i></a>, proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled
biosphere: Devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. It’s a
good start.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-62899438436773195232017-04-18T09:26:00.000-07:002017-04-19T09:35:20.424-07:00The Arrival of SpringEach spring my Romanian grandmother, Bunica, would mark the vernal equinox with a centuries-old pagan ritual. She would dig up two clods of green grass and place them on each side of the gate posts of her house, and then insert twigs of pussy willows in the centre of the grass. When we asked about the meaning of this ritual she said, "For us Romanians, pussy willows announce the arrival of spring and the renewal of nature. They tell other plants and trees to wake up.”<br />
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Traveling through a village in northern Romania in 1981, I noticed two gate posts capped with clumps of grass and pussy willows. I stopped my car and went over to ask the lady in the yard about the significance of this ritual. She told me, "It’s nature’s way of announcing springtime, new beginnings and ensuring fertility in the coming year.”<br />
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Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-60904207885492804322016-11-07T07:09:00.002-08:002016-11-07T07:23:16.449-08:00The Bison are Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There were between 50 and 60 million bison on the prairies
when the railroad and European settlers arrived. Within a couple of decades,
their numbers were reduced to about 2000.</div>
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Grant McEwan, author and historian, has called this “the
most spectacular slaughter of wild animals in world history.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The prairies were covered with bison skeleton bones.
Gathering the bones became a lucrative cash “crop” for the first settlers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bones were shipped east where they were
processed into phosphate fertilizer, used in the sugar refining industry and in
making bone china. Carloads of bones shipped from Moose Jaw and Regina
represented well over several million bison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Today, bison herds, large and small, are distributed all
over North America from Alaska to Texas, and throughout the Canadian prairies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The bison are back! Enjoy your bison burger! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century schoolbook";">The </span><i style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook';">E</i><i style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook';">dible Landscape</i><span style="font-family: "century schoolbook";"> takes us back to the
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<span style="font-family: "century schoolbook";">The most
profound garden image I carry is of my grandmother in spring, bending down to
gather a handful of soil in her hand. She squeezed it, smelled it, opened her
hand and let it fall back to the ground. Was it moist enough? Did<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>she smell the life force of the compost? Was it
ready for planting?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century schoolbook";">There was
something magical about her connection to the garden and the bountiful flowers
and vegetables she would produce. </span><span style="font-family: "century schoolbook";">It is that
connection that inspires every bite in my edible landscape exhibition.</span></div>
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always been part of my life. When I was a youngster growing up in the Garlic
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grew up surrounded by gardens: a front yard garden, another in the back yard
and a much larger side yard garden. We had no lawns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We all shared in the
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poppies, calendula, bachelor buttons, cosmos hollyhocks, and vegetables. The
flowers attracted birds and bees and other pollinating insects and in a good
summer our gardens were brimming with vegetables – an abundant, edible
landscape wonderful to behold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I like a garden that has a wild natural look, one that’s treated like a work of art using plants for their shape and color. But unlike a work of art the garden escapes the control of a finished work of art. Nature knows best. Plants grow, move and constantly change in size and color. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I plant in beds large and small. Some plants like corn and potatoes need a lot of room. Others, like beans, carrots, eggplant, okra, peppers, various types of lettuce, and radishes can fit into smaller beds. Each bed has a different mix of herbs: dill, parsley, summer savory, sage, rosemary, mint and basil. The perimeter surrounding the beds is planted to perennials: Karl Forester grasses, Saskatoon bushes and flowers. Rouge sunflowers often plant themselves, as does dill, burgundy and green lambs’ quarters. Each year the garden takes a different look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love honey-sweet,
tangy rhubarb. I enjoy it on my cereal in the morning. And I enjoy it with
plain yogurt drizzled with maple syrup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have three
separate plants in my garden, some I’ve picked weekly and shared with family
and friends, some I’ve cooked as a simple compote for myself. A third plant on
the east side of the garden I’ve only started to pick. Yesterday, as I was
picking some stalks from that plant I noticed several gigantic leaves. Rhubarb
leaves bigger than I’ve seen before. Sure we’ve had good rains recently and
lots of prairie sun. But there was something unusual in the size of the leaves that
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">A recent <i>Financial
Post</i> article by Lawrence Solomon: “Hooray! There’s reason to celebrate that CO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> levels are rising,” that my brother-in-law
sent me, jostled my mind. Plants love CO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Could it be the over 400 ppm CO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in the
atmosphere has given the rhubarb leaves an extra growth spurt? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nature loves abundance. Should I celebrate? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I shout out “Hooray” with my 400 ppm CO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> filled lungs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not likely!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">CO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> levels are rising at a rate of 0.04 % annually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Existing coal fired plants and over a billion
cars spewing out CO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> may well raise that to 550 ppm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Concentrations that high were last seen 23
million years ago. That may be way more than humans, plants and animals can
handle. <b>Welcome to the Anthropocene!</b>*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">What the planet
needs is a green thumb species, working with nature, building healthy soils in
backyard gardens, in community gardens and adopting Miquel Altieri proposal for
an agroecosystem of agriculture which “could sequester more carbon than is
currently emitted.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">CO</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 9pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Herald the Future of Climate Change", by David Biello in the November 10,
2015 issue of <i>Scientific American</i>.</span></div>
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Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-41198871636578496662016-02-24T07:09:00.000-08:002016-02-28T05:52:16.213-08:00The Cicansky GazeboLarge or small, a gazebo is a refreshing focal point in the garden, providing shade, shelter, rest, and intimate views of the surrounding landscape. It's a place where life and art are rooted, a place where the smell of wet earth, the sight and feel of nature's fecundity and the rhythm of its unfailing cycles reminds us of our place in creation. And it's a place to watch butterflies and bees among the flowers, to delight in the passing seasons, the evening moon and the morning star.<br />
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Grow Regina and I have actively begun the process to raise funds to allow the construction of this gazebo in the Yara Community Gardens on Queen Street in Regina. If you would like to help, or make a donation, please contact Grow Regina.<br />
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<br />Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-15964610931986473312014-10-04T09:16:00.000-07:002014-10-19T21:08:08.126-07:00One of my book projects<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'll be presenting at the launch for my brother-in-law Joe Varro's new book, "Tracks". Join us at the Art Gallery of Regina on Thursday, October 30th, 7:30 pm.</div>
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Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-76758134571178283242014-03-24T11:53:00.000-07:002014-03-26T11:57:21.380-07:00The Eternal GardenDigging the winter garden of 2014.<br />
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"The power of Victor Cicansky’s sculptures result from the
intimate relationship the artist has with the art of gardening. When emulated
in clay and bronze with his carefully attention to detail Cicansky’s enhances
the often overlooked beauty of common fruits and vegetables. This effective use
of materials accentuates the dependency of humanity on produce and allows the
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<!--EndFragment-->Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-843148079316938962012-10-23T09:26:00.000-07:002012-10-31T09:39:54.663-07:00Urban WildlifeLife in our little corner on Turnbull Place has become a lot more interesting since my new neighbour Jack has moved in.<br />
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Jack is a <i>lagomorph</i>, a prairie white-tailed jackrabbit. He has taken up residence in a bushy corner of my front yard dominated by a large, spreading Colorado Spruce, surrounded by tall Karl Foerster and shorter Oat grasses, amidst local drought-tolerant flowers.<br />
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The prairie jackrabbit world -- like our own -- has become more fragile and complicated. Moving into the city is a flexible and resilient way for Jacks to adapt to habitat loss and climate change.<br />
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In early spring, Jack is out on the boulevard eating green grasses and dandelions. Several times I have seen him out there with a partner. No March Hare madness on display... Jack is discreet. He's just claiming his little patch of paradise.<br />
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We acknowledge each other. We share the same space, breathe the same air and are blessed by the same sun. Walking along the boulevard where he is crouched down, he looks at me as if to say, "This is my world too!"<br />
<br />Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-91667505744398994002012-10-16T08:22:00.000-07:002012-10-30T09:07:56.228-07:00A Gazebo for Grow ReginaThis is my working model, a maquette 15" high and 24" in diameter, laser cut in MDF, a representation of the gazebo planned for Grow Regina. Large or small, a gazebo is a refreshing focal point in the garden, providing shade, shelter, rest and intimate views of the surrounding landscape. It's a place where life and art are rooted; a place where the smell of wet earth, the sight and feel of nature's fecundity and the rhythm of its unfailing cycles reminds us of our place in creation. And it's a place to watch butterflies and bees among the flowers, to delight in the passing seasons, the evening moon and the morning star.<br />
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This gazebo is still a work in progress. The Cicansky Gazebo is being planned for installation next year at the Grow Regina Community Gardens, and will be fabricated of powder-coated metal. It will also be available in sizes from 25 feet in diameter to the size of a child's dollhouse. The railing around the gazebo can be custom-designed using a child's drawings, or a variety of other designs.Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-27578347693807966862012-10-06T08:15:00.002-07:002012-10-06T08:17:43.619-07:00Harvest timeDug these carrots in the garden. They were celebrating a spectacular garden season. Let's boogie!<br />
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This was my first trip fishing the great northwest off Prince Rupert –
out on the water the sky was grey. It was cold and windy with whitecaps
heaving… But it was a different world under water. The fish were biting. My
first fish was a 28 pound chinook. Then a 17, 19 and 25 pounder not
including the three that got away. On the last two days the sky cleared and the
sun broke through. The water was flat and the eagles soared. Long live the
wonder of the great northwest!</div>
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<b>Wet and Wildness</b></h4>
What would the world be, once bereft<br />
Of wet and wildness? Let them be left,<br />
O let them be left, wildness and wet,<br />
Long live the weeds and wildness yet.<br />
<i> -- Gerald Manley Hopkins</i><br />
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And then of course, there were the ones that got away...<br />
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<br />Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-982206867190051622012-05-14T07:19:00.000-07:002012-06-18T08:10:58.217-07:00Totems of the Self<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At first glance, <b>Victor Cicansky's</b> books seem to constitute a motley autobiography, a multivolume <i>Song of Myself</i>: "My Life With Clay", "My Garden Palette", "Regina: My World", "My Bronze Age", and so on. The titles point to two of his central preoccupations: the cultivation of gardens, and the making of art in clay and bronze using "My Colours" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 4px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 4px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">–</span> glazes and patinas. Like Joe Fafard, his colleague from the days of the Regina Clay scene, Cicansky has a mischievous talent for befuddling the eye of the beholder. Even his bugs are ironically comedic, having exercised their "biting" wit upon the volume entitled "Control of Insect Pests".Upon seeing the damage inflicted by these trickster devourers, I was reminded of Bacon's famous dictum that "some books are to be tasted," while others are to be chewed and digested".<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 4px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 4px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">In literary works there are significant differences between an autobiography and a self-portrait, and it would be interesting to pursue elsewhere the question of whether or not similar distinctions apply in the visual arts. For the moment, however, I wish to focus on the clearest and most basic distinctions between Cicansky's books and the universal idea of "the book" as collated information printed on paper and bound between boards.For even without the benefit of Cicansky's background notes, the viewer understands that these volumes and their titles stand for passages or "chapters" in the life of the artist. But of course, Cicansky's books are not books in anything other than their outward appearance, which in fact belies their true nature. They are simulacra </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 4px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 4px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>–</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 4px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 4px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> conceptual representations of what Cicansky's autobiography might look like, if he were to publish it in book form.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 4px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 4px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">We are accustomed to thinking of the Great Books as somehow transcending the realm of existence in which their mortal authors and readers must dwell. But even a book whose ideas and mode of expression survive through many generations cannot endure forever as a physical object. By fashioning his books out of clay, Cicansky seems to underline their fragility and their connection to the earth, from which all things come and to which all eventually return, to come again as new forms in a new season.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 4px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 4px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Self-Portrait: A Small Library 2011</i> was part of <i>The Self-Portrait Show</i>, the 50th Anniversary Exhibition at the <b>Mira Godard Gallery</b> in Toronto from mid-March to mid-April. Excerpts from "The Patient Labyrinth of Lines", the accompanying essay by Dr. Eva Seidner are ©2012, reprinted with permission.</span></div>
</div>Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-84119110756532116632011-06-26T11:18:00.000-07:002011-07-26T11:24:32.484-07:00A show in Santa Fe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZUKUMl-uBvqDpLt6yJoMFlZELfaaV9CyTKJTKrcJI9pYOrzz3KvQ8Avt1AAHqZTY0fObcZRzGaCuv5G1yIheXAZkCKYJUgJ1g44NPVIdp2ISU76BrXKRlN145VS4zGNidkwF4SPUFhc/s1600/TrendSantaFe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZUKUMl-uBvqDpLt6yJoMFlZELfaaV9CyTKJTKrcJI9pYOrzz3KvQ8Avt1AAHqZTY0fObcZRzGaCuv5G1yIheXAZkCKYJUgJ1g44NPVIdp2ISU76BrXKRlN145VS4zGNidkwF4SPUFhc/s640/TrendSantaFe.jpg" width="524" /></a></div>Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-35422735451336258122011-06-22T18:03:00.000-07:002011-06-28T04:35:51.072-07:00The First Day of SummerIt's been another cool, wet, grey day. The sun made an appearance late in the afternoon and stayed for a few minutes, just a glimmer. The real summer heat that pole beans and tomatoes love, hasn't arrived. Unless we get a couple of hot hot sunny months there won't be much of a bean, tomato and squash crop.<br />
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On the bright side, the paper birch outside my kitchen door is luxuriant. In over 15 years I have never seen it hung so heavy with glossy leaves. Branches droop with the weight. The hostas, berginias, wild cow parsnip and Siberian Irises thrive in the cool wet conditions. The plants are taller and the colors more vibrant. In the far corner of the garden the fragrance of the Korean lilacs is seductive.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPnLB9wGjJ8GxCDaNiSuqSD2pHuwraJes8uCjJHMywzviw7jImNIYl6037CXyKhVY6NuhHo819atT07tVTENkkFolcPlHMzRD0ZrGVFCgQbNrz5Xkt7sfwSZOpZwvAQtTlR0WsdshcX4/s1600/victoriris11_A5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPnLB9wGjJ8GxCDaNiSuqSD2pHuwraJes8uCjJHMywzviw7jImNIYl6037CXyKhVY6NuhHo819atT07tVTENkkFolcPlHMzRD0ZrGVFCgQbNrz5Xkt7sfwSZOpZwvAQtTlR0WsdshcX4/s400/victoriris11_A5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>An iris I traded for and planted five years ago has finally bloomed. The information I got with the trade was that it was a tall purple iris. I didn't know what to expect. The purple blooms are huge almost the size of my open hand. In a brief moment of morning sun the deep chokecherry purple standards and the wine colored falls are dazzling. There are few flowers in my perennial beds to match this iris for striking blooms.Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859384693704276542.post-80308789846528146132011-02-16T09:20:00.000-08:002011-03-27T07:45:06.623-07:00A Winter Trip to the FoundryOn February 1st, with afternoon windchill temperatures a <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">mean -34</span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">°</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">, I</span> left for Calgary and the foundry where I have my bronze work cast. I phoned the highway hot line and was informed that winter driving conditions exist to the Alberta border: blowing snow, drifting and icy sections. It’s a winter drive and I carry extra clothes, a sleeping bag, food, water, candles and matches. I have good winter tires but I am still cautious about my speed. The panorama of snow and sky that unfolds before me is not exactly a winter wonderland; it’s a slow and difficult drive and it was a relief to see Swift Current through the drifting snow. I decide to stay the night. Overnight, the temperatures moderated somewhat, the wind died down, and the warming sun on the highway made for good winter driving to Calgary.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Next morning the bronze casting excitement begins. Bronze lost wax casting process has been around for long time and was known to many cultures as far back as 4000 BC. and has survived as medium for artistic creation .</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There is something magical about the metamorphosis of a creation modeled in clay or wood and wax being cast into bronze. It’s a process that depends on the power of fire. Simply put, the original sculpture is invested in a refractory slurry, air-dried, the mold of wood and wax is burned out, leaving an empty refractory shell into which white-hot bronze is poured. With the investment (the shell) cleaned off, the bronze sculpture pieces of the original sculpture, sit in a pile on the floor of the foundry waiting to be assembled by the skillful foundry team and the artist. A patina is applied to the sculpture and then lacquered to protect the finish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDfv7qZ6iyTdntjgAn9xM6EPUhTfOJbWnF1wOlxsWI8iEGTfhjQDaY6XjRQ0gmqi5lxhhJ6XB1jR9oJElHsJz4wNup-6DJskTU-bZkldzvl-Ma7HNlv5WhERFdjeu6jg3CMbmgWc4_jc/s1600/cicanskyfoundry11_a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDfv7qZ6iyTdntjgAn9xM6EPUhTfOJbWnF1wOlxsWI8iEGTfhjQDaY6XjRQ0gmqi5lxhhJ6XB1jR9oJElHsJz4wNup-6DJskTU-bZkldzvl-Ma7HNlv5WhERFdjeu6jg3CMbmgWc4_jc/s400/cicanskyfoundry11_a5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">If the trip to Calgary was challenging, the return trip to Regina was even more so. I finished my work at the foundry around 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, had my van loaded up and was ready to go. The weather advisory from Environment Canada was not good. A big storm was brewing over the Cypress Hills that would affect Medicine Hat, Maple Creek and Swift Current, and would begin pounding the region with snow and freezing temperatures beginning Saturday afternoon. Rather than be snowbound in Calgary waiting out the storm, I decided to drive to Medicine Hat, stay the night and head for Regina early Saturday morning.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was warned that the weather and the road conditions along the Number One could be unpredictable. It was raining as I left, but less than an hour out of Calgary the rain turned to hail, then it started to snow, which turned into rain again and continued to rain all the way to Medicine Hat. Unpredictable indeed! I stayed the night in Medicine Hat.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Stopped in Swift Current for a cup of tea to prime myself up for the final stretch of road. Surprisingly the sun was out, and the highway was mostly clear and hazard-free. Outside the town of Herbert I passed a moose munching on twigs and grasses.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was feeling a bit hungry myself and determined that upon my arrival home, I’d stop at the new Orange Boot Bakery and pick up a warm freshly baked baguette, stop for a bottle of good wine, and along with the Applewood Smoked Cheddar in the fridge at home, I’d rest and celebrate another successful trip to the foundry.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kqzOXRHnYp6qwFjt3tppzNK45_eyW13LvLAj7hbrAMOceKpbi1E_OeIImNEHEu4WFRd1cA7O_ibwYOkEkR_0eywdhTDI1aPCt8YrufhxXHnmgaeALqXIfygSRHhnbETKPTgAmDSCxbQ/s1600/cicanskyfoundry11_b5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kqzOXRHnYp6qwFjt3tppzNK45_eyW13LvLAj7hbrAMOceKpbi1E_OeIImNEHEu4WFRd1cA7O_ibwYOkEkR_0eywdhTDI1aPCt8YrufhxXHnmgaeALqXIfygSRHhnbETKPTgAmDSCxbQ/s400/cicanskyfoundry11_b5.jpg" width="266" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">And finally, here is the finished table that I brought home from the foundry:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCd3mAIZPvqU8lFsVGfm6eG4QZSZRGKThB9mFlVUXexgCCs9TTMIhkP14w3ZSO04jiA_7tns0u70Eo1XkAqdMuNML6DCGaCavvpV2mQdTJzTnTTF8_Jbm7fXBy_UaGfSZLxJaTknCWhaDq/s1600/februarystill-life11_a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCd3mAIZPvqU8lFsVGfm6eG4QZSZRGKThB9mFlVUXexgCCs9TTMIhkP14w3ZSO04jiA_7tns0u70Eo1XkAqdMuNML6DCGaCavvpV2mQdTJzTnTTF8_Jbm7fXBy_UaGfSZLxJaTknCWhaDq/s400/februarystill-life11_a5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>Victor Cicanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775082959253330736noreply@blogger.com0