Fields In My Backyard
Personal memory by Jeremy Gold
2007 CE • Macungie, PA, USA
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY. Living in a big city, I never got to experience nature. When my family moved to Pennsylvania, I was amazed to live in a place where I could look at the fields of my backyard and see groups of deer. Today we don't have as many fields - many were bought for houses and warehouses. I miss driving by farmland, but I still see the deer in my parents backyard.
Memory submitted at Maya Lin: A Study of Water, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022
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