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Generally in New York, people just walk over you with no problem about that. Other countries, people want to resuscitate you, like, after a bit.

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Andy Goldsworthy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 25
Artist
Environmental Artist
Environmentalist
Land Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
County Palatine of Chester
Andi Gōruzuwājī
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It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
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We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.
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The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.
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