Let's Reframe: By Degrees

Creativity & Climate Action

1/29/2019

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Elias Sime, Detail, Tightrope: Infatuation, 2015 at The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
The re-imagined Hood Museum of Art re-opened
​last weekend at Dartmouth College.
​Among the treasures, I saw
this work by Elias Sime.
Undulating. Pulsing. In motion. 
Alive. And yet it's made out of castoff
motherboards, toxic contributors to multitudes of e-waste.
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Elias Sime, Detail, Tightrope: Infatuation, 2015 at The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
And yet the city he envisions is "a sprawling ecosystem
of form and water." It's a huge work, covering a
wall. Is it a tile mosaic? Is it marble?
No. It's a captivating vision of
what's possible when we see beyond
what appears toxic and allow  beauty to emerge. Bliss.

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El Anatsui, Hover, 2003 at The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
And then, on another wall, in the same gallery, this.
El Anatsui's "shimmering tapestry" evoking
material flowing in a breeze, but no,
it's a carefully constructed compilation of
bottle tops and copper wire. Garbage comes to life. 
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El Anatsui, Detail, Hover, 2003 at The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
So when I got home with this week's buckets full  of
compost from Umpleby's Bakery & Cafe,
I was startled when I saw this.
Lemons. Lots of lemons.  
I hadn't planned
on taking any photographs, but who could resist the vibrancy?
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Compost lemons from Umpleby's Bakery & Cafe, Hanover, NH
That's how it is for me. Apparent waste evokes joy. There
is possibility. I wonder if that's what Elias Sime
or El Anatsui were thinking? Or not.
It's just what happens when creativity and
climate action converge at the compost pile or anywhere.

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What have you seen or experienced this week
that evokes joy or invites creativity? Let
it happen, when and wherever
it may. It's magical and life-giving and for
me, makes the world a much more interesting place.

Happy January my friends.

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