Dedicated to ADJA YUNKERS 1900-1984

"Leaves, some the wind scattered on the ground, such is the race of men." Marcus Aurelius

Seven complete sections of the want-ad pages from an issue of the Sunday New York Times were paraffin-wax impregnated and laid on stainless steel piano wire that in turn lay perpendicularly over seven, 36' x 1/2" square steel rods, that in turn lay perpendicular to and on the top edges of six, 7' x 4" x 1/8" flat steel blades placed within 2" slots cut in six 2' square x 8" high concrete blocks, as a simple pile.

The pile, from the concrete to the newsprint pages, becomes progressively less stable. As initially encountered the surface of loosely placed want-ad pages appears as a rippling translucent skin floating just off the floor. The piano wires, the last and slightly shorted supports, along with the lightness of the paper allow some subtle movement and a bit of folding down along the edges, while the concrete pilings positioned beneath and along its axis, rigidly support the pile, above which, in a desert of fine print, a vast field of promises hover.