HOMELong before the invention of the term art, ancient cultures used land, wildlife, and earthworks to realize their various ideas of worship, to express their understanding of the world, and to control their spiritual beliefs. In the world we find ourselves in now, we must approach the limits of misconceptions and real life while respecting physical boundaries and challenged perceptions of time and space. There is so much to share within the limits and possibilities of our experiences, combining incisive criticism with strategies of redemption. “A bleached and fractured world surrounds the artist. Organizing this corrosion mess into patterns, grids and subdivisions is an aesthetic process that has barely been touched upon. in) timeRepair of inexperienced feelingsUnderstanding (perception) of the inexplicablePreliminary sense of controlDeep sense of control luckImportance and acceptance of failuresIntensity of inner stillnessINTRODUCTIONBrief history of the beginningAccording to early accounts, the entire Land Art movement was a fragmentary and bizarre set of performed pranks by a small group of self-described nature nuts, writes Jacob Bronowki in Land and Environmental Art. That was the time of the Vietnam War, of dissatisfaction with current social systems, of civil rights marches, of the fundamental crisis of faith in Western politics and reconsiderations of well-established institutions. Recognized artists who were socially active and aware of the importance of spiritual regeneration, environmental issues, alternative lifestyles, scientific intervention with... middle of paper... work depends entirely on the changing seasons of he year and weather conditions could have a big impact on… The Land Art movement is setting new parameters in the production and reception of art, changing our perception and common participation, placing emphasis on outdoor work site-specific, using the earth as a canvas. Working within the landscape, spectacular earth sculptures of gigantic proportions have left significant traces in America's desert landscapes, some of which are still nearing completion today. Aesthetic innovations. “Some of the controversies generated by Smithson and Heizer's massive earthworks were addressed in quite different forms of ecological art by artists who focused on natural forces such as light energy, growth, and gravity. In these works there was no earth movement, there were no scars on the ground." Brian Wallis