We are of the earth by Mary-Jane Walker, The School of Lost Arts. This workThis work—which toured Europe in 2010–12 as part of the International Climate Change exhibition—represents our deep connection and dependence on the Earth, as well as the way the natural world supports and sustains us even as we remain unaware of just how vital that connection is. A tangle of felted tendrils, roots, and leaves emerges from the Earth to form a dress, and yet we are absent. It is an empty vessel. We are truly of the Earth and unless we recognize and honor that relationship, the Earth as we know it will not survive.
