Progress at site shows the development of a retaining wall on the west side of the site. Earlier experiment at building met with some structural breakdowns as I attempted to place sheets of compressed mud as retaining wall face. The weight of the fill dirt soon forced the collapse of the wall. I have been experimenting with forms of adobe and wattle and daub techniques. I am drawn to methods that have a deeper historical print.I am especially drawn to construction methods areas of Mesopotamian and ancient Latin American civilzations. There is a greater mystery, an attachment to the root of the past that I find intriguing.I am in the process of creating ruins. A place that appears to have been abandoned, stumbled upon in a state of degradation.It is not the Yucatan peninsula or the Valley of the Dead, but it has all the properties of being formally inhabited.The evcavations, crumbling walls, decomposing berms, exposed root systems and rusted drainage are evidence of a deliberate attempt to alter the nature. But to what purpose? What is the significance of the walls, the north facing berms, the concrete foundations on earthen pedestals, the deep trenches? I am sure it is the same sensation that coursed through the blood of the explorers that feel upon the ruins of Palenque.One finds themself at the threshold of a riot of play.
