Plunging below the Surface of Eric Aho's Ice Cuts:
 A Writing Exploration
February 10, 6:30 - 8 pm
at the Hood Museum of Art

Eric Aho's Ice Cuts exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art this winter presents images of holes he has cut into the ice of a New Hampshire pond as part of his family's sauna ritual.
Of the ice cut image, Aho has said:  "The ice is a veneer, like human skin . . . It's a protective layer, a scrim, something that we all employ to get ourselves through the day, through our lives. And then at some point you have to address it." And of viewers' reactions to the images, he recognizes, "There are the people who say, 'Oh, I want to dive into that!' And then there are people who stand as far back as possible and say, 'I'm not going anywhere near it,' as if it would swallow them up."
In this 90-minute viewing and writing journey led by Terry Osborne, Senior Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program and the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, we will approach the exhibition through a series of contemplative and exploratory exercises that will start with our responses to the images and lead us to the stories we hold about nature, place, family, and culture. By the time we're done, we may have a better sense not only of our complex relationship with the worlds inside and outside of our own skin, but also of the protective layers we wrap ourselves in, particularly during winter.

FREE, but space is limited.
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