For nearly 35 years, Richard Long has been making his mark upon the earth gently, through the soulful art of taking walks in the countryside, aligning stones in a circle, making a ring of handprints on a wall or pondering the shifting direction of the wind.
The rest of us, meanwhile, were left to ponder the shifting rules of life in the public eye.
If quality falls off in the 20th century -- reaching a nadir with art of the 90's -- the show as a whole nevertheless offers a rich occasion to ponder the shifting meanings of landscape for a society undergoing urbanization, industrialization and, eventually, digitalization.
If quality falls off as things progress into the 20th century, reaching a nadir with art of the 1990's, it hardly matters; from start to finish the show also offers a richly provocative occasion to ponder the shifting meanings of landscape for a society undergoing urbanization, industrialization and eventually digitalization.
As in "Three Days of Rain" and "Everett Beekin," Mr. Greenberg is pondering the fluid, shifting dialogue between the past and the present, the present and the future.
Sitting beneath the double-height ceiling in his living area, Mr. Shapiro pondered the economic shifts that accompanied and fueled these changes.
I was pondering the same thing.
I began pondering the logistics.
I am pondering the next step.
O'Brien seemed to enjoy pondering the question.
Again Fernandez hesitated, visibly pondering the query.
