CAROL BARTOL PRESERVE at SAGUARO HILL
ARTISTIC MUSINGS on SAGUARO HILL Cave Creek Art imitating life. In his essay The Decay of Lying , Oscar Wilde stated: �Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.� This concept has been fodder for arguments among philosophers and pundits since ancient times. Throughout history, notable minds have contributed to the fray. �Art is imitation and that�s bad.� Plato �Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends.� Aristotle �Art is what you can get away with.� Andy Warhol Genuine and imposter saguaros mingle on the hill. The serene memorial gardens and trail at the Carol Bartol Preserve at Saguaro Hill is an excellent place to ruminate on the muddling of life with art and there�s a perfect subject waiting at the gateway--fake saguaros. At the top of the preserve�s entry staircase, visitors are greeted by an array of enormous sculptures imitating Carnegiea gigantean . At first glance, their too perfect...