THE ROLLSTONE HILL "ROCK WALK" TRAIL A PROPOSAL BY PETER CAPODAGLI |
| Boulder Art Gallery 960 Main Street Fitchburg, MA 01420 978-345-7000 www.theboulderartgallery.com |
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| Another marker close to Fitchburg High School’s “Rock”, could chronicle the history of "painting the rock". This tradition started in November, 1936 when 5 students painted a large “FHS” on the granite surface of the hill facing Crocker Field just before a crucial football game. This kiosk might even include audio files of some former graduates that participated in this tradition in the past. This tradition introduced graffiti to Rollstone Hill and it continues today on quite a large scale on the rugged rock walls, and surfaces of the long abandoned quarry. Only those who make the effort to climb to Rollstone's summit, will ever have the opportunity to view this hidden and intriguing outdoor art gallery as it is out of sight from the eyes of the city. The enormous and randomly placed blocks of granite scattered throughout the landscape add an eerily interesting sculptural quality to the site. Is it possible that these quarries could come to life once again in the form of a graffiti or sculpture park? Could the naturally occurring "amphitheater" quality of the site somehow be used to integrate music, dance, or poetry reading? The site's potential is enormous. |
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| The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them American |
| It is drops of water that make a hole in the rock Greek |
| When all the water has gone, only the largest stones remain in the riverbed African |
| What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. Pericles |