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| Meet the Beetles: The Goldsworthy Spire in San Francisco |
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| Written by Russell Johnson | |||
I took a hike through San Francisco's Presidio a couple of weeks ago and saw how artist Andy Goldsworthy managed to create something of beauty out of destruction. Cypress bark beetles had made a feast of some 150 Monterey Cypress trees and, in 2008, Goldsworthy built the "Spire" from those felled trees to celebrate the history and future of the forest. Young trees will grow up to meet the sculpture, which will eventually disappear into the forest.
Even the beetle damage had the look of some ancient cave painting. The trust that runs the national park is replanting some 1,200 trees along the Bay Area Ridge Trail over the next few years.
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