Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because o…

Andy Goldsworthy
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Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured. ✨ Andy Goldsworthy (2001). Midsummer Snowballs, Harry N. Abrams
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