COP 27 Earth Art Display

A whole year has past since COP26, and now COP27 is upon us. A new Earth Art display is on show at the Library -local creatives sharing various points of view - our love of nature, the ecological precarity of many species and concerns over the future impacts that any further unresolved climate change issues would unleash. Scientist's say there is still time...Sharing through poetry, quotes and visual art, in conjunction with COP27 - to be held in Egypt this November, Earth Art display is a reminder that we can engage as community. Alone one can have a sense of being helpless- whereas together through sharing comes a sense of hope, unity, momentum and resilience. We share to create a sense we are not alone in our understanding of the challenges we face. To quote Albert Camus, " In the depth of winter I found in me an invinsible summer." In our driven deadlined hectic exsistance, it seems we've barely time to draw a breath or even take a moment to take in that a new season has arrived. Here in the UK, leaves are turning from lime to deep green, into many colours and shades of amber, golden yellows and vibrant reds. Its season most welcome, its a time for nature to rest and restore. As Autumn draws in I'm reminded of Albert Camus insightful quote, "Autumn is the second spring where every leaf is a Flower. As we watch COP27 unfold may those in positions of governance bring about positive change for the good of the whole in times of precarity.

Intresting insight by Eckhart Tolle resonated, he says; When you perceive nature only through the mind, through thinking, you cannot sense its aliveness, its beingness. You see the form only and are unaware of the life within the form - the sacred mystery. Thought reduces nature to a commodity to be used in the pursuit of profit or knoweledge or some other utilitarian purpose.The ancient forest becomes timber, the bird a research project, the mountain something to be mined or conquered....in a sense this reminds me, we are so much more than our tangled maze of concepts. (ref Eckhart Tolle,ch,nature, pg 81, Stillness Speaks.( yellow kite books)

DisplacedCollage and Acrylic, yf

Humankind We Are But One Thread, yf. Below are the works of Mandy.E. Meraylah.A. and M.A Mum. More to be added.... Image 1- Earth Angel, painting, by M.A. Image 2- Blessing Stick painted, Bird image by A.E. Image 3 - Painting of a Buttefly by M.A mum