ABSTRACT
In simple terms the object is made from turf, pitch pine, and rough sawn oak. Approximately forty inches in height, most likely square in boundary at its base, the form terminates as an ellipsoid mass at the top. Inevitability is something that characterizes all protagonists. If the character can be removed from the story and the story still unfolds in the same manner, what has been created is not a protagonist, but a wanderer of no consequence who passively navigates space. A protagonist is intentional, active, irrefutable in orientation, and possessing of unavoidable fate. ForBeckwourth utilizes a direct form of constructive language – one characterized or tied more firmly to prose rather than verse. The objective in making anything is to elicit a response – the form of response can range from understanding an inherent dimension of utility to visceral qualities related to sensation. Material and process suggest language in the making of things.
