2024 07 05

Remains of tree, stuck in fence. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2023. © Clayton Hauck

I’ve always loved visual cues that allude to the passage of time. In winter, seeing the footprints of a person on a snowy sidewalk reveals that someone must have recently passed through. I imagine it’s a bit like having the smelling abilities of a dog or the listening abilities of a whale. We humans aren’t so in touch with our senses as we simply no longer really need any of them to survive as a species. It’s probably in part why artists are revered. The artists are the ones who still have the ability to tap into the senses and communicate things to a broader population in meaningful ways.

Anyway, that’s why I like this image.

-Clayton