Steinbeck's Fissure

Title

Steinbeck's Fissure

Description

A diorama at ankle height is located within the exterior wall of the Steinbeck Collection. Steinbeck described "the process of rediscovery" as follows: "A young, inquisitive and original man might one morning find a fissure in the traditional technique of thinking. Through this fissure he might look out and find a new external world about him." The fissure contains soil samples from the Oklahoma-to-California path of migration outlined in Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, as well as artifacts from San Jose State University's Steinbeck Collection.

Location

5th Floor

Exterior wall of the Steinbeck Collection on the Fifth Floor

Creator

http://viaf.org/viaf/295149066359165600728

Chin, Mel, 1951-....