We finally had the opportunity to experience your exhibit… sit at your “kitchen” table, admire the floor mat, examine the box & take in as much of your offerings as possible in just one visit. Thank for “bouncing” so many great observations/ideas that surely do spur our own additional thoughts and contemplations on what we are missing…. as well as how we can pay closer attention to, appreciate, and retain what we have. Slower steps with more pauses to observe and consider future impact? …including a broader, global perspective?
The following comment is from Dolores Fehr: What a blessing to have creative artists with us who are able to awaken our senses to the beautiful creation we are all a part of. Interaction with the real piece of art is a nourishment to soul and body. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! From a companion land - lover.
Was it a bit nerve-wracking too, Sue, or were you able to wash off any false starts, if there were any?
I thought of the importance of being open during a collaboration: what if Vera had hesitated to say the “missing trees” you added in didn’t mean anything to her? What if you’d taken offence instead of hearing what Vera was saying?
Echoing Ruth’s comment, I really enjoyed the playful lid of the box. The other thing that struck me is that the beautiful prairie sky you painted has been the only “constant” (though constantly changing) element in that patch of land. Which leads me to share that the idea for We’ll Still Have the Sky, the last poem in my unpublished collection of animal/biodiversity crisis poems, came from my friend Rose saying that in a climate grief circle.
Your family’s feelings about the missing trees brought home to me how grief and longing often go together, whether for people, missing trees, or even, in the case of my poem, everything we once knew and presumed would be as constant as the sky.
Thank you for sharing Land in a Box in this way! xo
It was nerve wracking! I love the title of your poem "We still have the sky". Although many times this summer and fall, we didn't have the sky as we think of it, we had smoke! Thanks for your comments and for reading about Land in a Box.
When, like this morning, I feel weary … it is colour and creativity, imagination, song and being with the natural world that lift and carry. Your hearts and your creativity and collaboration sing with goodness, play, vitality
No!!! We’ll have to go back!
We finally had the opportunity to experience your exhibit… sit at your “kitchen” table, admire the floor mat, examine the box & take in as much of your offerings as possible in just one visit. Thank for “bouncing” so many great observations/ideas that surely do spur our own additional thoughts and contemplations on what we are missing…. as well as how we can pay closer attention to, appreciate, and retain what we have. Slower steps with more pauses to observe and consider future impact? …including a broader, global perspective?
Hi, thank you so much for your message and sitting at the table to take everything in. Did you find the surprises under the plates? Vera
The following comment is from Dolores Fehr: What a blessing to have creative artists with us who are able to awaken our senses to the beautiful creation we are all a part of. Interaction with the real piece of art is a nourishment to soul and body. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! From a companion land - lover.
Wow.... you nailed it!
What an amazing talent you have to use art to address the issues of our changing landscapes on the prairies.
You got my engine rolling!
See you on Friday.
Glad this got your engine rolling, Brenda!! lol! Excited to meet you on Friday!
Honoured to be part of this! And so nice to see the painted final vision of yours.
I felt very humbled by the incredible job you did on the box and blocks. It was hard to cover up that lovely wood with paint!!
Was it a bit nerve-wracking too, Sue, or were you able to wash off any false starts, if there were any?
I thought of the importance of being open during a collaboration: what if Vera had hesitated to say the “missing trees” you added in didn’t mean anything to her? What if you’d taken offence instead of hearing what Vera was saying?
Echoing Ruth’s comment, I really enjoyed the playful lid of the box. The other thing that struck me is that the beautiful prairie sky you painted has been the only “constant” (though constantly changing) element in that patch of land. Which leads me to share that the idea for We’ll Still Have the Sky, the last poem in my unpublished collection of animal/biodiversity crisis poems, came from my friend Rose saying that in a climate grief circle.
Your family’s feelings about the missing trees brought home to me how grief and longing often go together, whether for people, missing trees, or even, in the case of my poem, everything we once knew and presumed would be as constant as the sky.
Thank you for sharing Land in a Box in this way! xo
It was nerve wracking! I love the title of your poem "We still have the sky". Although many times this summer and fall, we didn't have the sky as we think of it, we had smoke! Thanks for your comments and for reading about Land in a Box.
When, like this morning, I feel weary … it is colour and creativity, imagination, song and being with the natural world that lift and carry. Your hearts and your creativity and collaboration sing with goodness, play, vitality