Usually, I am familiar with a location before making a public artwork. This time, I was not. The first time that I visited YMCA Camp Thompson, I got lost in my car. It was very remote. I suppose it is not remote if one grows up with the camp. It reminded me of the summer camp I went to in central Illinois, in Piatt County. However, I was there when the summer camping season was over. With no campers around, except when the Place kids came to work, it was supremely peaceful. The youth volunteers brought the energy and excitement needed to mix the concrete and fill the forms. -Kathy Creutzburg
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