Chris Vargo
A person standing on a high granite edge above a vast mountain vista
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Gallery Room 04

The Treasure of Nature

Standing at the edge of wonder, where nature becomes the measure larger than time or money.

Date

Confirmed: November 16, 2010.

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A figure at the edge of a vast view lets nature become the measure.

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The Treasure of Nature

The Treasure of Nature….

Money and Time they’re both created by man,
Do you think this was all a part of God’s plan?
We walk this world searching for a clue,
to help explain this existence for both me and for you.

We go to these places and know they are real,
Our Treasure of Nature, always makes us feel.
This moment is unable to be measured by time,
if we think we can buy it we are out of our mind.

So we take each step forward exploring what comes next,
then think, are these feelings missing in text?
For if it were written for all eyes to see,
the world would be better for both you and for me.

Go ahead, step to the edge, take in the view,
and realize how each moment of this life is brand new.
The Circle of Life,
These thoughts fill the soul,
Each step we take
Makes the spirit whole.

These feelings make me strong on my way,
Take a walk alone in nature and feel what you have to say….

Chris Vargo
11/16/2010

Story

Standing at the Edge of Wonder

This room holds the viewer at the edge because the poem asks for exactly that moment: take in the view, feel what cannot be bought, and let the scale of nature reset the scale of the self.

The image gives the poem perspective. One human figure stands inside a vast landscape, turning nature into the treasure and the view into the lesson.

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