My chapter, From Inner Realms to Outer Worlds: An Artist’s Time Journey, in Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks, Volume 1: Mapping Time Journey Experiences, has just been published by Springer Nature Switzerland. My husband, Greg Orth’s chapter Amateur Archaeology and the Mystery of Daniel Boone’s Footprints: Persistent Myths Collide with Native American Indian Archaeology in Volume 2 has also been published!
Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks consists of five separate volumes. They are in print form and also e-books that can be accessed at Springer.com. Type in the book title, find the chapter. It is free if you have an institutional account.
About Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks editor Stan Brunn says “As I define the topic it relates to paths, journeys, trips and progress (and, yes, regressive) efforts over time and space. It is more than a historical trail or road or a transportation network but also on-going and sustained efforts from one place/location to another and also one time period to another. There are many kinds of journeys that exist today, some personal, some group, some local and some global. What I am seeking are creative and innovative ways to define, measure and map those journeys in different contexts.”
Abstract for From Inner Realms to Outer Worlds; an Artist’s Time Journey
“Kathleen O’Brien began her journey as a professional artist in 1968 when she sold her first oil painting, “Beethoven”. Much lead up to that moment. Follow her story as she writes about the routes that lead her from Japan, Italy, Germany and many parts coast to coast of America. Learn about navigating the choices she made about styles, mediums and process as she adapted to the changes in the art world. In this chapter she reveals how her persistence and consistency of mission as an artist sustained her in the journey to the present. This is a story of mapping the inner world in the pursuit of self-knowledge through art making and journaling. By integrating her experiences of a life time, she shares with the world the importance of communication, creativity and contemplation.”
“Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks: From Inner Realms to Outer Worlds; an Artist’s Time Journey” volume 1, by Kathleen O’Brien
“Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks: From Inner Realms to Outer Worlds; an Artist’s Time Journey” volume 1, with 2008-2017 grid of 25 artworks by Kathleen O’Brien
I have been writing about this project for several years! For instance, I my post that included each of the magic squares of 25 that are illustrations in the book. I couldn’t wait to publish them before I finished with the journey through time, see them all on this blog.
“From Inner Realms to Outer Worlds; an Artist’s Time Journey”, 2008-2017 grid of 25 artworks by Kathleen O’Brien
Amateur Archaeology and the Mystery of Daniel Boones Footprints: Persistent Myths Collide with Native American Indian Archaeology
Below is an excerpt that Greg wrote that describes our journey to this land.
“The following chapter details the critical role of an amateur archaeologist in unraveling persistent myth, unquestioned assumptions, and archaeological research to reveal a new understanding of the legend of Daniel Boone (1734-1820) and his exploration of the state of Kentucky
In authoring this chapter, I seek to document to a limited degree, my journey into amateur archaeological research, conducted over a 23-year period, from 1999-2022. In doing so, help to create improved methods for other non-professionally trained researchers to sort fact from fiction, make practical assumptions, and conclude tentative findings into an approach supporting future research.
On Thanksgiving weekend of 1998, having located a parcel of land to purchase in central Kentucky, I traveled there to walk the land personally, and to determine if it met the desires of my wife and I for a homestead. The tract contained 44 acres once owned by the Shaker community of Pleasant Hill Kentucky, located near the Kentucky River in Mercer County, near the center of the state.
Unknown to us at the time, the property was also less than 4 miles from the legendary “Boone’s Cave”. Its historical marker reads as follows; “Only cave in Kentucky historically verified as used by Daniel Boone. He spent rest of winter in cave alone after companion, John Stuart, was killed in January, 1770, the first recorded white man killed by Indians in Ky. Boone joined in summer by brother Squire. Together they continued to explore and hunt before returning to North Carolina.”
The marker reveals scant details of the adventures of this famous man.
The tract of land for sale consisted of 45 acres, and contained within a flat hilltop of 20 acres or so, which gradually ran downhill to Shawnee Run Creek, and included a spring rumored to have never run dry. The flat hilltop continued beyond the property line to the South, and in total, the hilltop was roughly 75 acres and located at an elevation of 1000’ above sea level, dropping in elevation to the west about 300’ to the creek and spring, which ran directly into the Kentucky River a mile or so downstream. The land, like most, did not reveal its history in an obvious fashion, and though owned by the Shakers from the 1820’s till the 1920’s, contained only traces of the Shaker limestone fences that once outlined its boundary. There were no obvious traces of Daniel Boone on these 44 acres, thus the possibility had not even been considered.
Having purchased the land in 1999, and building a home on it during 1999/2000, bits and pieces of the land’s history had come to light, namely, that Harrodsburg Kentucky, being the nearest town and 7 miles west, was known as the “first permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains”, and was settled in 1774, or nearly 5 years after Daniel Boone wintered over in a cave just 2 miles east of the future settlement.”
We are happy to be published in this amazing geography project. I invite you to read our chapters and many more in the 5 volumes.