HeyJaredThe Ruins Project
Contemporary mosaic artists and long-dead coal miners telling stories together on the ruins of an abandoned Pennsylvania coal operation
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A 600-Year-Old Oak Tree in a German Forest (opens the original)
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Subscribe today. No 600 year wait required. As I type this very early morning message to you, sifting through too many ideas, searching for simplicity, this email dinged into my inbox and so
When is a Book More Than Just a Book? (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,Due to too many things happening at once, I am enacting a new format for the beginning of each weekly essay. See the beautiful graphic with the MM monogram below? That will be your signal to enjoy three announcements before you get to the deep reading part. It’s my new way to keep the many parts of The Ruins ecosystem clear and accessible. I only get three a week, which means you only get three a week. I was inspired to use the Milemarker 104.5 as the symbol when a box of Holdfasts a
“I KNOW.” (opens the original)
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Today’s inbox magic is more than an essay. Travel with me down FOUR distinct mini subjects. I have more material than time this summer. TRAIN. NEW STORYTELLER SERIES. A PORTRAIT COMPLETED (almost). WHEN IS A BOOK MORE THAN JUST A BOOK? The Great Train: From Local Lore to Local ArtEvery morning, I wake up to more leaves on The Ruins Bridge. Fall is barreling towards us like the P and LE locomotive. Except that train left the station back in the 1980s. I have on good authority that the last train
Saying Things While Saving Things (opens the original)
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My great-great grandmother spent hours a day for a year wailing at the grave of her dead child. Fingernails and knees in the dirt on an Eastern Kentucky hillside graveyard under the pine trees. Bereft. Her dear Taylor, with his blond curly hair and blue eyes was taken away by typhoid fever at the age of two. Mary Elizabeth Hensley Copley gave up on regular life, which included four living children, leaving Effie, her oldest girl, to hold the day to day family life together. Until one day, Mary c
The Coal Chain Poster and 1152 Tiny Mosaics (opens the original)
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I’ve been working on this poster for months.The first three words were easy. But as it descended into the lower words, the message got more complicated. Is culture right? And then what’s the small word that goes next to culture? <img alt="" class=
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