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In his artist statement McDowell recalls, "One
day after a public message service, I noticed a sheet
of notebook paper lying on the gravel next to a bench.
Over the years I had watched people madly write, as
mediums provided them information at such services.
Seeing the discarded piece of paper evoked narrative
possibilities -- perhaps it was left behind out of fear
or disgust -- maybe it was confusion or forgetfulness,
or just plain litter." He continues, "During
the course of the project, I found myself attracted
to subjects that had little function in serving the
traditional documentary model. These scenes didn't describe
the place or the people in Lily Dale directly, but instead
established a more poetic and ambiguous relationship
between subject and meaning."
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