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The Mirror, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. of trees. The forest around me was grey creatures inside them are here to marvel Though there’s a narrative in there, the and vivid, like the Russian countryside. at nature. movie is mostly about looking carefully. In Russian Ark, directed by Alexander We live in an area known primarily for its We’d started the screening early, and Sokurov, another Russian filmmaker and Tarkovsky’s apprentice, a 19th-century MOUNTAIN LAUREL WALDORF SCHOOL marquis approaches two 21st-century — Enrolling NOW for Fall 2017 — gallerygoers and asks them whether they NEW 3 DAY NURSERY PROGRAM love beauty or its representation. This part “Protecting and nurturing childhood as the foundation for the future.” of the movie always makes me feel guilty, To register, Call or Email: (845)255-0033 • [email protected] because I often make the crucial mistake of failing to look. 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There I years old, and to me the mountains, have? The unspoken taboo of cheesiness is only one thing in the way of me look- the leaves and the birds in the morning is restrictive of the perfectly legitimate ing at the world in the same way. They are the stuff of life, and go largely un- emotion of wonder. noticed. I wish that I had the eyes of a To say the word “beautiful” in writing tourist. I would spend all day with my now seems a platitude, especially since our Table of contents Camps & Kids’ Activites How to see like a tourist 56th Same Family Ownership Since 1961 Dante Kanter faces his fears Year of the outdoors 2 All Land Sports • Swimming Water Ski / Boating / Fishing Everything old is new again Indoor Tennis & Gym • Creative Arts Susan Barnett tells the inside story of how brokers show the Hudson Valley 6 Transportation available, call for details. 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It was incredible to experience that much silence from day to day. One starts to hear the rustling of leaves hundreds of feet away. By the end of the trip, we were all inexplicably rising before dawn, and walking around without saying a word. When I came back into civilization, it felt like time had slowed down. I occupied the space between moments. I was happy, though I smelled terrible. To all of you who read this: Get outside. Look around. You might find something spectacular. Summer in the Valley June - August, 2017 An Ulster Publishing publication current president has debased the word change of temperature can have. by firing it off like a mounted machine Seasonal Affective Disorder is one of the Editorial gun. I think people make the mistake of most fascinating of human conditions. WRITERS: Abbe Aronson, Susan Barnett, thinking that the word beautiful is mean- If those affected by it do not get enough Mary Busch, Lisa Carroll, Leslie Gerber, Elisabeth Henry, Dante Kanter, sunlight from day to day, they can become ingless when really it is being misused. Harry Matthews, Paul Smart, Jack Warren, The word beauty, is, for lack of a better profoundly depressed. This demonstrates Lynn Woods, Melanie Zerah word, beautiful, and I think it crucial for the embarrassing close similarities be- EDITOR: Paul Smart our day-to-day survival to recognize what tween people and plants. No matter how around us is beautiful. hard we try to convince ourselves that we Front photo of Woodstock’s millstream in summer by Dion Ogust. I spend a lot of time thinking about art. are exempt from the laws of the natural COVER DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY Joe Morgan Why we make it, how and when. Most world, we change with the seasons. of the time I think art is there to teach Ulster Publishing us how to live like artists. Despite what spent most of my childhood afraid PUBLISHER: Geddy Sveikauskas Sokurov’s gallerygoers think, it is not of the outdoors. I remember that one I ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Genia Wickwire enough to simply look at representations summer my friends decided they want- DISPLAY ADS: Lynn Coraza, of beauty. It is important to find beauty ed to explore my woods. I volunteered Pam Courselle, Pamela Geskie, in one’s own life, and what better time of to stay behind and have them report to Elizabeth Jackson, Ralph Longendyke, year than now? me via walkie-talkie. Out of what I am Sue Rogers, Linda Saccoman This is a season of possibilities. We are guessing was annoyance, they told me PRODUCTION MANAGER: Joe Morgan holding our breath as summer tumbles that they had found an open grave in a PRODUCTION: out like a carpet. The season has been clearing, and had heard something crawl Diane Congello-Brandes, Josh Gilligan, Rick Holland proceeding at a breakneck pace. It is out of it while their backs were turned.