I've decided to post in this blog once in a while on miscellaneous topics because sometimes former students in China want to find out what I'm doing and more than 1/2 dozen other people share my name (Charles Ditzler). You can also find my blog entries from 2006 at http://xizhimen.livejournal.com.
I think this is a neat way to create art in the park. According to a December 20, 2012, article in the Baltimore Sun, "Dead trees in Druid Hill Park are carved into sculptures," two red oaks had to be cut down in Druid Hill Park because of termite damage. The remaining tree stumps were more than 12 feet tall and 20 feet around. Chain saw artist Mark Acton then turned them into 10-foot-tall busts of men with some connection to Druids and pagans: "The Druid" (on a hill north of the park's reservoir) and "The Green Man" (on the west end of the reservoir). I've not yet taken pictures of the one on the north side. The termite damage forced Acton to hollow out the stumps. I wonder what has been done to prevent further damage.
