7:41 PM Friday

Second rock complete... I tried an end up technique so all the singed ends of the cigarettes were pointing outward. I found that the Marlboro's flat end proved superior for gluing purposes. Some of the other brands (i.e. Parliament) had a paper rim that was hard to get to stick, because there was less surface area in contact with the styrofoam. Took probably 2.5 hours total--look for photo updates of this one in the next couple of days.

1:39 PM Thursday

I have always been fascinated by rock piles that I stumble upon while hiking in the mountains or through the woods. People take the time and effort to stop their hike and create these rock formations right there on the trails. They build them not only for themselves but for passer byers to appreciate as well. There is definitely something soulful, maybe even spiritual about the act of creating rock piles.

For my process art project, I'm creating cigarette sculptures in the forms of rocks. These will eventually become rock piles that I will build in locations around campus that have some importance to me. I'm using a hot glue gun on cigarette butts I've collected around campus and attaching them to styrofoam blocks that have some semblance to rocks. Maybe this will say something about the abundance of cigarettes that litter our campus as opposed to natural things that should be abundant instead.

These are photos of the first "rock" I constructed. I decided to take pictures of it in its natural environment.

10:39 AM Thursday

Smells as bad as it looks... I found a landfill of them on the ground up in front of my dorm. Tonight I'm going to start the attachment process with my trusty Mini Glue Gun.