Jim Spindle II. Scarecrow: Stillness as a Multiplayer Ritual
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎... 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒆. That image (a figure draped in tattered cloth blowing in the wind) sat in Jim Spindle’s mind long before Scarecrow became a collection. “I found this image to be compelling and powerful,” he says, “even though the scarecrow himself is not very empowered.” From that single vision,...
