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Imagining the Geologic

Chapter of: Making the Geologic Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life(pp. 83–89)

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TitleImagining the Geologic
ContributorJanike Kampevold Larsen(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0014.1.13
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/making-the-geologic-now/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
CopyrightLarsen, Janike Kampevold
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2012-12-04
Long abstractIn The Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District (1882), US surveyor Clarence E. Dutton writes: “Great innovations, whether in art, literature, in science or in nature, seldom take the world by storm. They must be understood before they can be estimated, and must be cultivated before they can be understood.”1Dutton himself cultivates his experience of the Grand Canyon by making imagination a tool for fascination. He describes the impression of geologic forces upon himself. In order to explain how he perceives the magnificence of the rock faces he sets them in motion to encour-age an understanding both of their making and their aesthetic impression: “the Vermillion Cliffs send off buttes,” “the entablature [...] breaks into lofty truncated towers,” “the towers of Short Creek burst into view” (53, 54). The vocabulary is architectural. The canyon is abundant with columns, buttes, terraces, promontories, bays, towers, churches, temples, theaters, and avenues: “As we move outwards towards the center of the grand avenue the immensity and beautiful proportions of the walls develop”
Page rangepp. 83–89
Print length7 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)