https://mikestupin.com MIKESTUPIN Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:32:42 +0000 https://mikestupin.com en https://mikestupin.com/SCULPTURAL-PROJECTS-NAV-1 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:32:42 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/SCULPTURAL-PROJECTS-NAV-1 https://mikestupin.com/Main-page Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:16 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/Main-page <img width="1380" height="1382" width_o="1380" height_o="1382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd886a16f29e8127040ade12b789d0c356f4158f474a5b33528ac6979c9d6020/LOGOS_ARCH.jpg" data-mid="110911052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd886a16f29e8127040ade12b789d0c356f4158f474a5b33528ac6979c9d6020/LOGOS_ARCH.jpg" /> <img width="1380" height="1382" width_o="1380" height_o="1382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7048534418fdfbc3a03772558fd81a33b0c1fd50f9eff89087e10ce00cc107a4/LOGOS_ARTEM.jpg" data-mid="110912138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7048534418fdfbc3a03772558fd81a33b0c1fd50f9eff89087e10ce00cc107a4/LOGOS_ARTEM.jpg" /> https://mikestupin.com/Logo Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:20 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/Logo .rotating img { display: inline-block; -webkit-animation: rotating 120s linear infinite; -moz-animation: rotating 120s linear infinite; -ms-animation: rotating 120s linear infinite; -o-animation: rotating 120s linear infinite; animation: rotating 120s linear infinite; } @-webkit-keyframes rotating { 0% { -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); -o-transform: rotate(360deg); transform: rotate(360deg); } 100% { -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg); -o-transform: rotate(0deg); transform: rotate(0deg); } } @keyframes rotating { 0% { -ms-transform: rotate(360deg); -moz-transform: rotate(360deg); -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); -o-transform: rotate(360deg); transform: rotate(360deg); } 100% { -ms-transform: rotate(0deg); -moz-transform: rotate(0deg); -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg); -o-transform: rotate(0deg); transform: rotate(0deg); } } https://mikestupin.com/INFANTILE-PURSUITS-FUTILE-GESTURES-EXTENDED-WRITING Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:00:50 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/INFANTILE-PURSUITS-FUTILE-GESTURES-EXTENDED-WRITING INFANTILE PURSUITS/FUTILE GESTURES&nbsp; EXTENDED WRITING&nbsp; INFANTILE PURSUITS/FUTILE GESTURES <img width="3108" height="2332" width_o="3108" height_o="2332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48b3623482c7bf47daea26b8aaf20bc8eba52321d11d6ab7c61b517d1945a1f9/MS_window_.jpg" data-mid="7807312" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48b3623482c7bf47daea26b8aaf20bc8eba52321d11d6ab7c61b517d1945a1f9/MS_window_.jpg" />I often don’t fully understand what I am doing. I have very precise ideas and references that I am pursuing, but how they all fit in the conversation of the finished work is outside of my hands. I believe this level of uncertainty in the final product makes them enjoyable to produce and interesting to process. &nbsp;I can reflect on them for years still trying to figure them out surrendering ownership of meaning.I was interested in the idea of ‘a hero’. I didn’t, and still don’t know what that is exactly. &nbsp;I began by acting out the preformative gesture with a bow and arrow in a field outside of Vancouver. &nbsp;I stood in a field on a fur pelt and shot a bow and arrow directly up (actually at an angle against the wind) until I was able to have the arrow return directly to the spot I was standing and strike the pelt. &nbsp;This is possible by keeping your eye on the arrow for the entirety of its accent and decent, calibrating and trying again until the projectile has returned to its point of departure (the pelt) and I step aside. &nbsp;If you lose track of the arrow against the clouded sky it is best just to run. The resulting body of work were sculptural interpretations of this act. &nbsp;Each element of the work was an object directly involved, manipulated in a way that made sense to me. &nbsp;The pants and jacket that I wore: cleft through the layers as it hangs. The arrow I shot: punctured through a framed stretch of fur. The pelt on which I stood hangs on you framed pictures facing the wall. &nbsp;There is also a brief description and photo documentation of the whole arrow-shooting process. &nbsp; I feel like the things themselves create meaning, I am just a custodian of these things, one who spells earnestly and poorly. &nbsp;All these objects are interpretations of an act I am trying to understand myself. https://mikestupin.com/SCULPTURAL-PROJECTS Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:15 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/SCULPTURAL-PROJECTS SCULPTURAL PROJECTS https://mikestupin.com/INFANTILE-PURSUITS-FUTILE-GESTURES Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:18 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/INFANTILE-PURSUITS-FUTILE-GESTURES <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a15c1d42f63e16a52a9af5784b0a582077a2d4d9c1a11dcb5b67e3e66f7008fa/MS_arrow100830_edit.jpg" data-mid="7223356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a15c1d42f63e16a52a9af5784b0a582077a2d4d9c1a11dcb5b67e3e66f7008fa/MS_arrow100830_edit.jpg" /> INFANTILE PURSUITS/ FUTILE GESTURES&nbsp; EXTENDED WRITING I was interested in the idea of ‘Hero’. I didn’t, and still don’t know what that is exactly. &nbsp;I began by acting out the preformative gesture with a bow and arrow in a field outside of Vancouver. &nbsp;I stood in a field on a fur pelt and shot a bow and arrow directly up (actually at an angle against the wind) until I was able to have the arrow return directly to the spot I was standing and strike the pelt. &nbsp;This is possible by keeping your eye on the arrow for the entirety of its accent and decent, calibrating and trying again until the projectile has returned to its point of departure (the pelt) and step aside. &nbsp;If you lose track of the arrow against the clouded sky it is best just to run. The resulting body of work were sculptural interpretations of this act. (More) <img width="3228" height="2160" width_o="3228" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d32ea8feee5a11c4225de7ca908e292038f8e332d6fabbf7bd4562b3fd63f245/MS_showshot2_081030.jpg" data-mid="7223388" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d32ea8feee5a11c4225de7ca908e292038f8e332d6fabbf7bd4562b3fd63f245/MS_showshot2_081030.jpg" /> <img width="3016" height="2396" width_o="3016" height_o="2396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19f955bbd7a4ae057b3a7cd76068c23e7b84ffc631029dec52d7f74394643a1a/MS_framesandcoat_web.jpg" data-mid="7223426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19f955bbd7a4ae057b3a7cd76068c23e7b84ffc631029dec52d7f74394643a1a/MS_framesandcoat_web.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6c7b9b93ff35535b55ca1b1f75e114c009a63cd94d851e8827894050738389c/MS_Suit1_lsmall.jpg" data-mid="7223428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6c7b9b93ff35535b55ca1b1f75e114c009a63cd94d851e8827894050738389c/MS_Suit1_lsmall.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48898ccad795a66102e9a7a9dbed315415ef0cd0e37bc5f0d10b1357764dc4c9/MS_frames1_large.jpg" data-mid="7223632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48898ccad795a66102e9a7a9dbed315415ef0cd0e37bc5f0d10b1357764dc4c9/MS_frames1_large.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9946bfbd3b52f45a311420928289a36cce93cd712a4b094206009e52b522d9fa/MS_photos1_web.jpg" data-mid="7223435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9946bfbd3b52f45a311420928289a36cce93cd712a4b094206009e52b522d9fa/MS_photos1_web.jpg" /><img width="2964" height="2109" width_o="2964" height_o="2109" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e04ca997a16cad821d314a93325ba4b1d71e181ab797465f7021e68b803414b3/HERO_STANDING.jpg" data-mid="7223517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e04ca997a16cad821d314a93325ba4b1d71e181ab797465f7021e68b803414b3/HERO_STANDING.jpg" /> https://mikestupin.com/TRUTH-POWER Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:19 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/TRUTH-POWER WU-TANG THEORY <img width="3104" height="2332" width_o="3104" height_o="2332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42fea0bb539ed64e257b3a11f65ea6c2967e56d47da6363481e2d1a6afb27fd4/MS_TC_Book1_V1.jpg" data-mid="7223775" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42fea0bb539ed64e257b3a11f65ea6c2967e56d47da6363481e2d1a6afb27fd4/MS_TC_Book1_V1.jpg" /> TRUTH/POWER&nbsp; EXTENDED WRITING I was thinking a lot about power and methodology. &nbsp;I was reading a lot of Michelle Foucault and essays explaining Michelle Foucault, and listening to a lot of Wu-Tang Clan. &nbsp;I was thinking about how Foucault explains ‘Power’ (which is complicated) and how Wu-Tang explains power (Cash Rules Everything Around Me C.R.E.A.M get the money dolla dolla bill yall). I wanted to make a situation where I could include different methodologies of people explaining a thing to me. &nbsp;I chose the twin topics of ‘Truth’ and ‘Power’, which are about the heaviest and mercurial topics I can think of. (MORE) <img width="3164" height="2308" width_o="3164" height_o="2308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a27d2fcb43d9673a476f7c82220984107306c19970bd6aab28fbe347afd3091/MS_CT_Book2_V1.jpg" data-mid="7223774" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a27d2fcb43d9673a476f7c82220984107306c19970bd6aab28fbe347afd3091/MS_CT_Book2_V1.jpg" />CAPITAL, BY VIRTUE OF BEING OF VALUE HAS ACQUIRED THE OCCULT ABILITY TO ADD VALUE TO ITSELF/ CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME. <img width="2592" height="3888" width_o="2592" height_o="3888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0dfd4a41aba9e457374830864e9ffc7c6edd1484cf03495525e344a1064cf38b/MS_TRUTH_JE1_V1.jpg" data-mid="7223773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0dfd4a41aba9e457374830864e9ffc7c6edd1484cf03495525e344a1064cf38b/MS_TRUTH_JE1_V1.jpg" /> THE TRUE ARTIST HELPS THE WORLD BY REVEALING MYSTIC TRUTHS/ THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST HELPS THE WORLD BY DEFEATING NIHILISMS https://mikestupin.com/5th-COLUMN Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:18 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/5th-COLUMN <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bc22f48ef4f356eb16f967e3c08bfc899c06a7ed2d39fd5fc6a707ad0d59cad/P1012905.jpg" data-mid="7235937" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bc22f48ef4f356eb16f967e3c08bfc899c06a7ed2d39fd5fc6a707ad0d59cad/P1012905.jpg" />&nbsp; 5th Column The object is a book bound on both sides. &nbsp;Its content cannot be accessed without destruction of the medium. &nbsp;I want&nbsp; to sit quietly amongst the ranks of great folks. In some libraries I do.&nbsp; &nbsp; I believe in the aesthetics of authority.&nbsp; So do you. <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8b945a1dc02df5e6ddb23f9b10e307897efbca49686fb49dfd82ad516ee6a5c/P1012942.jpg" data-mid="7235939" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8b945a1dc02df5e6ddb23f9b10e307897efbca49686fb49dfd82ad516ee6a5c/P1012942.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43ff1479f229282badbda766727bdc0f7e76d34b2435f4febe16d1b3404efca9/P1012920.jpg" data-mid="7235936" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43ff1479f229282badbda766727bdc0f7e76d34b2435f4febe16d1b3404efca9/P1012920.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cbe94f37e22889bfd71f047fa9a4d5df1e5fa1bbbb1d173cae8a1c3f31761ec/P1012924.jpg" data-mid="7235935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cbe94f37e22889bfd71f047fa9a4d5df1e5fa1bbbb1d173cae8a1c3f31761ec/P1012924.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33ed270d4795d423bee3cfc3c3d5a09577fdc8f0223c765aa163d34e0194353b/P1012896.JPG" data-mid="7235940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33ed270d4795d423bee3cfc3c3d5a09577fdc8f0223c765aa163d34e0194353b/P1012896.JPG" /> https://mikestupin.com/SERIOUS-WORK Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:15:19 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/SERIOUS-WORK <img width="2008" height="3000" width_o="2008" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b4b27a004fd9aaa4bfba43fd43409d18877c2a0d69a69b5ee262e40687a8029/MS_shootsit_web_v3.jpg" data-mid="7238876" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b4b27a004fd9aaa4bfba43fd43409d18877c2a0d69a69b5ee262e40687a8029/MS_shootsit_web_v3.jpg" /> SERIOUS WORK&nbsp; EXTENDED WRITING ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF ‘SHOOT’ <img width="2008" height="3000" width_o="2008" height_o="3000" src_o="//freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee2af88b6d19ae92d317fa8cae0b0a4b38151b74b2d10a42506886ea39220271/MS_shootsit_web_v3.jpg" data-mid="7238207" border="0" style="width: 895.03px; height: 1337.2px; display: none;">In 1971 The artist Chris Burden had a peer shoot him in the arm the a .22 rifle from a distance of 15 feet in a gallery space in San Ana California. &nbsp;The performance was titled ‘shoot’ and only experienced by a handful of gallery patrons. &nbsp;The event itself was forever canonized as significant in the burgeoning performance art scene with minimal documentation. &nbsp; I am interested in ‘conspiracy’ as a method of seeing. I recreated two central photographs of ‘shoot’ inserting myself into the central role of Chris. In this way, I fabricated a documentation of a thing that never happened (me getting shot) that referenced an important one that did (Chris getting shot). The documents side by side are pleasing and perhaps, enough. &nbsp;Ultimately though I was interested in the methodology of the conspiracy theorist and wanted to throw shade on the very veracity of ‘Shoot’. &nbsp;The remaining parts of the work are sculptural attempts to highlight the curious discrepancies in the actual documents. (more) <img width="2008" height="3000" width_o="2008" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b4b27a004fd9aaa4bfba43fd43409d18877c2a0d69a69b5ee262e40687a8029/MS_shootsit_web_v3.jpg" data-mid="7238876" border="0" data-scale="43" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b4b27a004fd9aaa4bfba43fd43409d18877c2a0d69a69b5ee262e40687a8029/MS_shootsit_web_v3.jpg" /><img width="2220" height="3291" width_o="2220" height_o="3291" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/232c7effb84f8254424f5b00b19175c4097007841122ae20103c8c462f1018f3/MS_SHOOT_DOC2.jpg" data-mid="111112962" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/232c7effb84f8254424f5b00b19175c4097007841122ae20103c8c462f1018f3/MS_SHOOT_DOC2.jpg" /> DOCUMENT 2/2 <img width="2109" height="3150" width_o="2109" height_o="3150" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5de01865757193980909d858ec83522954dce9738a267d06584c6dd0d1e8f74f/MS_shootwalk_web_V2.jpg" data-mid="7238878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5de01865757193980909d858ec83522954dce9738a267d06584c6dd0d1e8f74f/MS_shootwalk_web_V2.jpg" /> <img width="2109" height="3150" width_o="2109" height_o="3150" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5de01865757193980909d858ec83522954dce9738a267d06584c6dd0d1e8f74f/MS_shootwalk_web_V2.jpg" data-mid="7238878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5de01865757193980909d858ec83522954dce9738a267d06584c6dd0d1e8f74f/MS_shootwalk_web_V2.jpg" /> <img width="2228" height="3288" width_o="2228" height_o="3288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1a60321fc98dba830b7dd3c2c965adf5676117605d73d516d3fd1e99f62d5e1/MS_SHOOT_DOC1.jpg" data-mid="111113450" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1a60321fc98dba830b7dd3c2c965adf5676117605d73d516d3fd1e99f62d5e1/MS_SHOOT_DOC1.jpg" /> DENIM STUDY: COLOR DISCONSISTANCY <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/674442ce37bf9cc21828d3a3ac741d0a1e83e3330535fdf08a634896d6ba682f/MS_Serious_corduroy_-work-copy.jpg" data-mid="7238880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/674442ce37bf9cc21828d3a3ac741d0a1e83e3330535fdf08a634896d6ba682f/MS_Serious_corduroy_-work-copy.jpg" /> PHOTO ASPECT RATIO: SIZE INCONSISTANCY ART 21:LF <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d75d1a68a73552d9ed0a48812f79f623c378e2bff8c4e2fd1ed5befb43ff30a/MS_Serious_Margin_Work-copy.jpg" data-mid="7238881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d75d1a68a73552d9ed0a48812f79f623c378e2bff8c4e2fd1ed5befb43ff30a/MS_Serious_Margin_Work-copy.jpg" />SHADOW STUDY: LIGHT SOURCE INCONSISTANCY <img width="2526" height="2155" width_o="2526" height_o="2155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b30bb60b1b8d9d89ba22ac633e27b3dcbdd05c0b446271049e9316198e2331d/MS_serious_shadow_work-copy.jpg" data-mid="7238882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b30bb60b1b8d9d89ba22ac633e27b3dcbdd05c0b446271049e9316198e2331d/MS_serious_shadow_work-copy.jpg" />BALISTICS STUDY: .22 RIFLE AT 15, 1/2” DRYWAY. 3/8” DRYWALL <img width="2471" height="1853" width_o="2471" height_o="1853" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89e488d436585b069b49747b3c428136f5cbe7564bd40b9f148cd7996cc45980/MS_Serious_wound_work-copy.jpg" data-mid="7238883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89e488d436585b069b49747b3c428136f5cbe7564bd40b9f148cd7996cc45980/MS_Serious_wound_work-copy.jpg" />BALISTICS STUDY: .22 RIFLE AT 15, 1/2” DRYWAY. 3/8” DRYWALL DETAIL <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1e647570aa2529b2c64f079d6f9f5484b891fda175ab1eac866210c54365890/MS_Serious_Wound_detail-copy.jpg" data-mid="7238884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1e647570aa2529b2c64f079d6f9f5484b891fda175ab1eac866210c54365890/MS_Serious_Wound_detail-copy.jpg" />“No consideration is given to the gallery wall which was to receive the bullet. &nbsp;If the wall was drywall the bullet likely would have gone through into the next room, if the wall was concrete or masonry no consideration whatsoever was given to ricochet.“ https://mikestupin.com/DARKEST-HORSE Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:44:09 +0000 MIKESTUPIN https://mikestupin.com/DARKEST-HORSE <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c8ae01e63ffd45cb8542ca317cb8aaa3b6ec2ea854c9e96e044a998bb96c92a/MS_DARKEST_SUNSET.jpg" data-mid="7302474" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c8ae01e63ffd45cb8542ca317cb8aaa3b6ec2ea854c9e96e044a998bb96c92a/MS_DARKEST_SUNSET.jpg" /> DARKEST HORSE&nbsp; BOTTLE BREAKING MOMUMENT BRANDS MUSIC The darkest horse bottle breaking monument is a sculpture in a undisclosed remote location in Northern New Mexico. &nbsp;It’s purpose is to be discovered, and exercised as a thing to break bottles on. &nbsp;BB guns preferred, slingshots provided. <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9997f54218acce6263da0a73c72cde8eed15d015e3a2f0d7d5928c4700ee707/MS_DARKEST_BROKEN.jpg" data-mid="7302477" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9997f54218acce6263da0a73c72cde8eed15d015e3a2f0d7d5928c4700ee707/MS_DARKEST_BROKEN.jpg" /><img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/282c9dfd82616ef7127d22bcaf42fbddacd4fedae73c106461eeccaee1e36b7a/MS_DARKEST_MOUNTAINS.jpg" data-mid="7303025" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/282c9dfd82616ef7127d22bcaf42fbddacd4fedae73c106461eeccaee1e36b7a/MS_DARKEST_MOUNTAINS.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35dd5ec6f7fc01527727dc88852cfcf1ee34350c45f422bea360042fc27b1350/MS_DARKEST_BENCH.jpg" data-mid="7302634" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35dd5ec6f7fc01527727dc88852cfcf1ee34350c45f422bea360042fc27b1350/MS_DARKEST_BENCH.jpg" />I grew up in the west: I was spoiled with land, and natural beauty. &nbsp;There is a lot to explore and I tried to explore it all. &nbsp;In my youth I could look out on the landscape choose a peak and say ‘that one, let’s figure out how to climb that one’. &nbsp;This is how my friends and I would spend our time. &nbsp;The curious thing about discovering and climbing new peaks on public land is no matter where you go someone has been there before you, brought some beers and old fridge (or whatever) and filled it full of bullet holes. &nbsp;I am not defending these actions, I can’t, I just believe it is part of the fabric of the land in Northern New Mexico. &nbsp;