Root Rise

It is the gentle flows and processes of natural environments that inspire me to create. I am always in wonder of our vibrant living world and express what I love: its sensitivities and complexities; the ebbs and flows.

I grew up in a land of fields and woods. Roots were a visible part of our landscape, curving over each other as they stretch out over the ground, or down steep banks and slopes, binding the earth together.

With “Root Rise” I am expressing the unseen world of roots, their energy and life force, from seed flow to micro roots and mycorrhizae, to bold tree roots, all of which hold the land and support the uprising of grasses and leaf and color.

I am so grateful to the Spotted Peccary musicians, Deborah Martin, Greg Klamt and Mark Rownd, for allowing me to use their music “Black Bamboo” from the album Convergence. The music beautifully carries the mood and gives permission for the piece to be slow, so we can meet the visuals in meditation.

I want to evoke that feeling of being suspended in awe, in love of our lands. The minimum we can do for our lands is to notice the simplicity and the complexity of the natural world that surrounds us, the world that we belong to.