But this snow art (unlike that shown yesterday from West Virginia) is the work of human hand, not of...Nature. I hesitate to make the comparison, not sure whether it is appropriate to consider Nature an artist. Nature, after all, is Richard Dawkins's "blind watchmaker." Art requires intention, doesn't it? And, besides, snow isn't biological but simply "physical" (as in physics). But then again, water in a sense evolved from simpler elements, so...?
Hmm, the human hands involved in this snow art from Little Rock are another work of Nature, as is the brain (or mind) involved, with the intention it focuses on the world.
Marvelous, isn't it?, that a blind watchmaker could have crafted an organism (a person) capable of producing art?
Anyway, Sara, that's a mighty fine snow sculpture! Did Alix (that is Alix, isn't it?) help you craft it?
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