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  The Clock Tower 

                                                      Station Walk 

 Time in Motion 

  
The Model No. 5 Tower Clock by Seth Thomas is numbered 2,038 and dated August 4, 1917.   

 The Long Arms of Time 

This image shows the four connecting rods that turn the hands of the clocks.

 Time Machine 

In this image you can see the gears that power the clock.

  Connected by Time 

This image shows one of the 4' 9" sectional glass dials, and the reflection of another.   

Carousel Fine Craft Show

In celebration of the amazing community project known as the Kingsport Carousel Project the City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts proudly presents East TN/Southeast VA/Western NC's PREMIER juried, high quality, annual fine arts and crafts show. This juried show will feature fine furniture, ceramics, weaving, quilting, jewelry and photography.

Site: Kingsport Farmers Market, Corner of Center and Clinchfield Streets, Kingsport Tennessee

Brass Ring Gala event: Friday March 21: 6 pm - 9 pm

Show hours:
Saturday March 22: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday March 23: 10 am - 5 pm

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Now Available  

Shanti Arts Publishing, of Brunswick, Maine, announces the release of Current: Essays on the Passing of Time in the Woods by Tennessee native Robert McGowan with photography by Jeffrey Stoner.

Having spent his entire life exploring the woods and hills of Tennessee, writer and artist Robert McGowan wrote the short essays in this beautiful book to pay homage to the natural world he so loved. Be it animals, trees, ferns, flowers or rocks, McGowan passionately and tenderly recounts his close observations of nature, often wondering about the woods of olden time and imagining the woods of tomorrow. The fine, unbreakable thread that winds through the book is the passing of time-life in the woods begins, grows and dies. Through it all, McGowan shows the reader he is a man sustained by his sense of peace and contentment, for he knows that despite his concerns about yesterday and tomorrow, "there is only the current." The beautiful photography of Jeffrey Stoner adds vibrance and vitality to this inspiring collection of nature essays. 

About Current: Essays on the Passing of Time in the Woods

Robert McGowan's essays allow the reader to relive, recapture, and embrace the joy that surrounds us in Tennessee's wonderful mountains. Being someone whose heart is "at home" anytime I walk in the woods, I imagine returning to these essays time and again to be inspired and energized. Through their words and images, McGowan and Stoner have created a treasure for all to experience.  
     - Carrie Keith, president and owner, Twigs and Leaves Gallery, Waynesville, North Carolina

Current: Essays on the Passing of Time in the Wood is a Thoreau-like set of musings on Nature and man's relationship with all living things. Current expresses Robert McGowan's deep reverence for the forest and the need for man to respect the earth's bounty rather than to exploit and destroy it. The spectacular photographs by Jeffrey Stoner are a perfect manifestation of the contents of McGowan's essays, beautifully placed within the book's words and flowing through the pages with the grace of a woodland stream.
      - Carrie Wissler Thomas, artist, art instructor, free-lance writer, and Executive Director, Art Association of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

What a lovely book! Through McGowan's musings of life in the context of nature, I found myself traveling back in time and mentally reliving my experiences in the woods near my childhood home in Kingsport, Tennessee. Jeffrey Stoner's stunning images bring this book to life, supporting the foundation of McGowan's writing and solidifying what we see and feel when we experience nature. All in all, Current inspires one to leave the confines of our busy, boxed-in lives to promptly head outdoors, serenely reconnecting to the freedom of our thoughts while meandering about in the woods.   

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Current: Essays on the Passing of Time in the Woods is produced by Shanti Arts Publishing. It is available in paperback on their website and everywhere books are sold.