{"id":109,"date":"2009-05-16T19:19:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T00:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/05\/16\/becoming-lost-in-story-%e2%80%93-from-reading-the-key\/"},"modified":"2009-05-16T19:19:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T00:19:59","slug":"becoming-lost-in-story-%e2%80%93-from-reading-the-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/gingermeekallen\/2009\/05\/16\/becoming-lost-in-story-%e2%80%93-from-reading-the-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Lost in Story \u2013 from READING THE KEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/dsc_00092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-370\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/dsc_00092.jpg?w=300&amp;h=186\" alt=\"Reconciled Themselves (To Father's Garden)\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>Returning to a favorite form \u2014 the box \u2014 I decided to answer fewer questions than I had in previous works in the READING THE KEY series. It was time to tell the viewer less with this sculptural piece.\u00a0 This represents a departure from the information-packed \u201cKingdom Mind\u201d or \u201cWeakness Scorned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/dsc_0014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-365\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/dsc_0014.jpg?w=128&amp;h=85\" alt=\"Reconciled Themselves (ajar)\" \/><\/a>\u201cReconciled Themselves\u201d is a hinged-box construction, bringing to mind an architectural structure, with some personality. The sloping rooftop and lack of symmetry create a sense of wonder and ambiguity in me as I study the piece. Standing just two inches high, what is it, exactly? Perhaps a barn, or an educational building on a church campus, or an inner-city arts center. Whatever it is, surprise lies inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/img_1342.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-361\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/img_1342.jpg?w=128&amp;h=87\" alt=\"Reconciled Themselves (detail)\" \/><\/a>Virtual stitches seem to hold the unit together.\u00a0 Upon snapping open the structure, the viewer is greeted by deeply etched text on the floor. It is not a complete passage, or even a complete sentence, but the words are clearly an excerpt from a published writing of some sort.\u00a0 The etching was achieved by an extended acid bath prior to the structural fabrication.\u00a0 The resulting text includes a family name, a garden reference, and a discussion of a decision to be made, after which characters \u201creconciled themselves.\u201d The entire structure is oxidized sterling silver.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the author,\u00a0 the nature of the characters, and the nuances of the plot are not revealed, allowing the viewer to experience the mystical sensation of being completely lost in story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/img_1347.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/img_1347.jpg?w=390&amp;h=292\" alt=\"Reconciled Themselves (detail 2)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Reconciled Themselves (To Father's Garden)\" href=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/16\/becoming-lost-in-story-from-reading-the-key\/dsc_0009\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/gingermeekallen.wordpress.com\/359\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d4c3c_359\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/gingermeekallen.wordpress.com\/359\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d4c3c_359\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/gingermeekallen.wordpress.com\/359\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d4c3c_359\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/gingermeekallen.wordpress.com\/359\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d4c3c_359\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/gingermeekallen.wordpress.com\/359\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d4c3c_359\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img src=\"http:\/\/gingermeekallen.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d4c3c_b.gif?host=gingermeekallen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4629582&amp;post=359&amp;subd=gingermeekallen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returning to a favorite form \u2014 the box \u2014 I decided to answer fewer questions than I had in previous works in the READING THE KEY series. 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