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Art’ fights nature in Colorado

– Excerpted from a column by the Providence Journal’s Froma Harrop. Her e-mail address is fharrop@projo.com.

Colorado’s Arkansas River is a masterpiece. Crafted by the Creator, it is a natural work of art that needs no improvement. That a ludicrous proposal to cover 42 miles of it with 120-foot-wide fabric has gotten as far as it has speaks to the marketing genius of showman-artist Christo.