The idea of skiing in the park hit me like sunshine breaking
through an overcast, wintry sky. You see it wasn’t my idea.
Skiing wasn’t on my mind when I walked into the Menomonee
Valley Branch of the Urban Ecology Center. In fact I hadn’t thought about
skiing in years. My intention had been to revisit Three Bridges Park—on foot,
with my camera. The stop at the UEC was to see if there might be kids heading
out to the park to sled on its hills. It had snowed earlier in the day and I
was hoping to shoot some action.
As I enter, Omar, the UEC’s Visitors Services Assistant, greets
me in the reception area. No, he says, the last group for the day had just
left. When I tell him I am heading out to the park he asks, “Would you like to take
skis?”
The rest of this story and additional photos are posted on my other blog: Urban Wilderness.
This
post is one in a series that relates to my Menomonee Valley Artist in
Residency. For more information about the residency and links to
previous posts and photographs, go to MV AiR.
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