It seems like everything becomes symbolic for me. I created Terra Cotta Spring this past spring. I think that it is a good title for several reasons. Terra cotta is, of course, a clay that potters use to produce beautiful ceramics. It has been done in a similar way for thousands of years. Cermaic pottery is the most enduring art form as archeologists have gained more knowledge about ancient peoples from this art form more than any other. The clay literally becomes stone, which is why it is preserved for hundreds of thousands of years.
Terra Cotta means "cooked earth" in Italian. We, in California, are going through a pretty serious drought. The normal yellow the fields turn to in the spring and summer is becomming a little paler and dustier due to the drought. At the same time these vast stretches of dry California grasslands are lovely to behold.
