Glacial Flow by Ann Mansolino

During an artist residency in Alaska, I had the opportunity to explore a glacier, to walk on it day after day, observing it closely, and to read and learn about glacial geology. The result of those experiences is this glacier-shaped book that unfolds into the form of a snow-covered mountain receding into the distance. The book uses glacial flow and glacial recession as metaphors for understanding the unseen internal metamorphoses, repetitions, and losses in our lives, and for coming to terms with deep personal change. It presents ideas of geology and the self and intertwined, mirrored, and inextricably linked, suggesting that by learning to see and understand the land we inhabit, we can better come to know ourselves.