First teaching at Haystack in 1978, Higby has deepened his association through the years, assuming many leadership roles, as current Chairman of the Board, former President of the Board, Head of the Program Committee, and others. It s an extraordinary place in so many ways. There s such a powerful primal connection there with my philosophy of art and life. A lot of my work has been based on the site, in the abstract sense of the power of the landscape. The particularities of the awarding-winning architecture by Edward Larrabee Barnes and the beautiful setting, are a very powerful stimulus to creating and experiencing within the larger context of nature.
Gravity is necessary.
It keeps things in place. It controls the tendency to become detached from the body. The body gives us a place to be a place to work from and with. My body and I identify with the rocks.