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Wednesday, October 3, 2007 12:00 AM

How to harvest a great work of art

The day of reckoning arrives for the amazing rice paddy artworks of Inakadate.

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Thursday, October 4, 2007 06:40 AM

Almost all art is transient in the long run

Even art that's executed in more durable media than rice plants. The harvest is simply preparing these fields for next year's picture.

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