 Animism is the way humanity has been deeply connected to the land and its seasonal cycles for millennia, in rapport and conversation with the animals, plants, elements, Ancestors and earth spirits. The opposite of animism is the "cult of the individual" so celebrated in modern society, and the loss of the animist worldview is at the root of our spiritual disconnect and looming ecological crisis. Human beings are just one strand woven into the complex systems of Earth Community, and the animistic perspective is fundamental to the paradigm shift, and the recovery of our own ancestral wisdom.   The Original Art: Shades of terra cotta, burnt sienna and copper in layers of sedimentary rock form the Red Cliffs of a sacred landscape. The original work was created with ink, acrylic, earth pigments and scraping tools on a gessoed surface.   The Original Art: Shades of ecru, purple, russet and adobe in layers of sedimentary rock form the Red Cliffs of a sacred landscape. The original work was created with ink, acrylic, earth pigments and scraping tools on a gessoed surface.   The Original Art: In the artist's vision, earthen spirals and symbols evoke the sacredness of the Seed Keeper, and the ritual of planting in harmony with the cycles of the seasons. The original art is part of a collograph series printed with ink on rice paper.   The Original Art: In the artist's vision, repetitive patterns of plant forms and symbols represent a dreaming on the land that is abundant with movement and meaning. This earth abstract was created with linocut, hand-cut stamps, acrylic, and highlights of wax crayon on print-making paper.   The Original Art: This archaic abstract evokes the joyful expression of ancient symbols and petroglyph forms, and the perennial growth of the Earth. Using watermedia and conte, "Earth Song" is a Reves paper print pulled from a collograph plate layered with textiles, polymer, gesso, and spontaneous drawing with acrylic medium.
  The Original Art: The "Four Winds" or four directions are a universal motif found in earth-emergent societies worldwide. With rustic textures, shadow lines and tones of terra cotta, this earth abstract functions as a visual mnemonic for storytelling and myth. The original art was created with collaged papers, watermedia, acrylic, sand, and scraping tools.  The Original Art: Ancient star patterns and navigation routes are marked in ephemeral landscapes of savanna, woodland and sand, or etched in more permanent ecotones of earth and stone. "Messages in Tracks & Trails" was created with collograph prints, linocut miniatures, watermedia and collaged papers.
  The Original Art: Layers of earth and texture hold the stories underground, of the ancestors that have come before, from the human and the more-than-human in tales of reciprocity. Using watermedia and pastel, "Messages in Loam & Clay" is a print on rice paper from a collograph plate layered with textiles, found objects, gesso and acrylic medium.   The Original Art: Elaborate swirls in clay show an organic process and the caring hand of the maker, that tell an ancient story of movement and expression. "Adobe Artifact" was created with layers of drawing, watermedia, stamps and embossing on illustration board.   The Original Art:   The Original Art:   The Original Art:
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