Roof I- Aerial View 

Editor: Here we have Andy Goldsworthy's "Roof I - Aerial View", a pencil drawing on paper. It looks almost like an architect's plan, but something about the slightly wonky circles suggests something more organic. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Ah, Goldsworthy! He’s forever caught between the grid and the glorious messiness of nature. This piece, for me, is a meditation on control versus chaos. He’s mapped out a space, almost sterile in its geometric confines, but then populates it with these imperfect, breathing circles – stand-ins for trees, perhaps? Editor: That's a beautiful way to put it! I hadn't considered the tension between the rigid shape and the freeform circles. They do resemble treetops when viewed from above, now that you mention it. But why sketch it like this? Is he planning a real rooftop garden, maybe? Curator: Perhaps, but I also see something more conceptual at play. Think about it: Goldsworthy often works directly with nature, building sculptures that are inherently ephemeral. Maybe this drawing is a way of imposing a sense of permanence, even ownership, onto something fundamentally wild and resistant to being pinned down. Does the flat, almost clinical representation strip it of something vital? What do *you* think? Editor: I think so. While the geometry imposes order, I lose a sense of depth. Curator: Exactly! And there is a bittersweet feeling knowing it only exist within the constraints he has mapped out. What a beautiful commentary. Editor: I am struck by Goldsworthy's unique take, showing it as an interesting push-and-pull of intention. Curator: It certainly tickles the brain. I’m off to find an oak tree! Perhaps wrestle it into a grid of my own...on paper, of course!