“I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time. The oak is especially so because it is a slowly growing tree... It has always been a form of sculpture, a symbol for this planet ever since the Druids.”
— Joseph Beuys
On the morning of Jan. 8, I planned to see the Joseph Beuys exhibition at the Broad, but instead, I woke to the news that the Eaton fire had destroyed my home, art studio, and everything around it. I sat in a hotel with my wife and infant daughter, and stared in disbelief at the images of our community in ruins.
