From the Earth” 11 x 32” Watercolor & Gouache on Paper

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…. it is true for all time: we are linked to the earth.  I believe the truth is: we are not autonomous at all, but a part of an interconnected existence.  We cannot sustain our depletion of the earth’s resources and annihilation of the earth’s living things. (be it vegetation, or something with a heart…)

Man has always survived off of the earth, and regardless if we live in a technological world, the components in these nifty computers comes from the earth.  The food we eat comes from the earth, as does the home we live in and the clothes we wear.  (yes, synthetics are petroleum based, and that comes from the earth)  Come to think of it that way, it breaks down into food, shelter and clothing: those things deemed necessary by   hierarchy of needs….