LANDSCAPES TIME COA COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE Volume 14. Number 1 Spring 2018 COA LETTER FROM THE EDITOR COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE The job of any worthwhile print publication EDITORIAL is to build and perpetuate a dialogue with its Editor Daniel Mahoney Editorial Advice Heather Albert-Knopp '99 readers. If readers feel engaged, respected, Lynn Boulger challenged, and included, a strong relationship Dru Colbert Darron Collins '92 is built between public and publication. Since Jennifer Hughes its inception, the woman who has shaped a Rob Levin Amanda Mogridge number of conversations in the COA Magazine Chris Petersen has been Donna Gold. Donna is a tireless Eloise Schultz '16 Karen Waldron champion of COA; you can feel her passion Editorial Consultant Jodi Baker for this place when reading through her letters DESIGN from the editor in the magazine's archives: Art Director Kenyon Grant https://www.coa.edu/coamagazine/. She and ADMINISTRATION graphic designer Rebecca Hope Woods, who President Darron Collins did the layout for the last decade, created a Academic Dean Ken Hill Administrative Dean Andy Griffiths worthwhile, gorgeous publication. Both Donna and Rebecca have moved on Associate Academic Deans Judy Allen, Chris Petersen, Karen from the COA Magazine and all of us here thank them and wish them well. Waldron Dean of Admission Heather Albert-Knopp '99 Dean of Institutional This means there is a new team for the spring issue of the COA Magazine. Advancement Lynn Boulger Dean of Student Life Sarah Luke I have taken up the editorial duties and Kenyon Grant is the new designer. Director of Communications Rob Levin At our first editorial meeting Kenyon and I sat in Straus classroom in Turrets (the same one Nell and James dragged a mattress through (p. 32)) and BOARD OF TRUSTEES Timothy Bass Casey Mallinckrodt thought about possible approaches to the next issue. We both love the zine Ronald E. Beard Anthony Mazlish aesthetic (p. 22) but decided Kinko's was too far a drive and "zine" was the Michael Boland '94 Jay McNally '84 Leslie C. Brewer Philip S.J. Moriarty wrong vibe for this particular project. We sat for a while itchy, scratchy, full of Alyne Cistone Lili Pew false starts. We were clueless But in great cluelessness comes great freedom Barclay Corbus Hamilton Robinson, Lindsay Davies Nadia Rosenthal and the longest conversations begin with a single word, HELLO. Beth Gardiner Abby Rowe '98 Amy Yeager Geier Marthann Samek Winston Holt IV Henry L.P. Schmelzer The theme of this issue is Landscapes Over Time. At a larger editorial Jason W. Ingle Laura Z. Stone meeting in the fall that phrase was mentioned and it stuck in my head. It Diana Kombe '06 Steve Sullens Nicholas Lapham William N.Thorndike brought to mind the Hudson River School and the malleability of "truth" in how those artist approached their craft (p. 8). It reminded me of how writers LIFE TRUSTEES Samuel M. Hamill John Reeves take the whiteness of the page and dig into it, the way rivers dig into the John N. Kelly Henry D. Sharpe, parched landscape of the American West (p. 38). Landscapes Over Time, a William V.P. Newlin math equation where "Landscapes" is the dividend, "Time" is the divisor, TRUSTEE EMERITI and the quotient is unknown. Can you ever divide the land and have the David Hackett Fischer Philip B. Kunhardt III '77 William G. Foulke, Jr Phyllis Anina Moriarty answer be an equitable split? Will there be any remainders? (p. 18). George B.E. Hambleton Helen Porter Elizabeth D. Hodder Cathy L. Ramsdell '78 Sherry F. Huber John Wilmerding Now that this issue of the COA Magazine is almost put together, I can see connections running all through it. On a practical level, Landscapes Over The faculty, students, trustees, staff, and alumni of Time is about process and work and doing the things you need to do. It's College of the Atlantic envision a world where about education, action, and being in the world. Landscapes. Artifacts. people value creativity, intellectual achievements, and Deserts. Math. Mentors. Conversations. Because for the longest time I diversity of nature and human cultures. With rspect thought nothing good could come from my mouth, SO I began to write. and compassion, individuals construct meaningful lives for themselves, gain appreciation of the relationships among all forms of life, and safeguard Thanks for sharing this space with us. the heritage of future generations. Dan COA is published biannually for the College of the Atlantic Community. www.coa.edu COA lecturer in photography Josh Winer '91 created the images on the front and back cover. Both images are Cyanotypes. Both were made in 2018. Both make me fall in love with the world all over again. Thank you for that, Josh! Front: Sand Beach and the Beehive, New Years Day 2017, RESIST Back: Single Jetty In this issue LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 2 NEWS 3 Q&A:THE AMERICAN SUBLIME 8 BLACK & WHITE INFRARED LANDSCAPES 14 PRETZEL LOGIC 18 EPITOMIZING D.I.Y. 22 ODD JOBS 28 EXCERPT FROM ETHNOWISE 30 WATCH 32 THE GREAT WEST 38 PROFILES 44 ALUMNI NOTES 48 COMMUNITY NOTES 51 COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE