Prompt for the Planet
Written and Recited by
Amanda Gorman
earthdancer, Sarah Neary, Iowa City, IA, USA
Things Told To Me By The Dying, Sarah Neary, Iowa City, IA, USA
HIdden Traces Fading Places
Julia Kabell, 35, Unnaryd, Sweden, Scandinavia
'“A large eggtempera-painting on mankind's destruction of our habitat. The painting is inspired by old vintage, botanical tapestries. Exotic, botanical places that mankind soon has turned into extinction. Consumerism is the religion of our time. Every piece of plastic, every bit of garbage we throw away. It doesn't go away just because we throw it in the bin.. what do we leave behind?"
Julia is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator and graphic designer from the woods of South Sweden, Scandinavia. Julia was born and raised in the forest of the eastern outskirts of Halland county. Coming from an outdoor and a 'cultural family', it's not strange that nature is a constant source of inspiration within her work.
Julia likes working in mixed medias like eggtempera, oil, graphite, watercolour and ink- as well as digital.
Julia’s work is recognized for its mix of animals, colours and children/women and often has an environmental or feministic symbolism behind it.
The Forgotten Comforts of Home
Scott Riley, 59, Barcelona, Spain
“From a series titled `The Ruins of Civilization´ , this painting shows that even in the midst of the picked-over detritus of humanity, there may still be some comfort to be found, and some kind of future to look forward to.”
Scott currently lives in Barcelona, Spain though was born and raised in New York City, attended The School of Visual Arts, and spent the 1980’s working in the East Village/Soho gallery scene. Travels in the Ecuadorian Amazon inspired Scott and his friends to organize a benefit art exhibition to support the Jatun Satcha biological research station there which ultimately allowed the purchase of 50 hectares of land for preservation, “The first time I felt that art can and should make a difference. My appreciation of the natural world is a thread that has run through my artwork ever since.”
Spragg, Hope, “What Trees Know,”
The Hurricane’s Eye
Elke Windschitl, Age 23, Iowa City IA, USA
Kris Doll, Age 17, Solon, IA, USA,
Listening to Moss
David Duer, 67, Iowa City
Jalinsky, Emily, “Tending To,”
Code Red
Glen Farrelly, 49, Penley, Wrexham
“A major UN scientific report has concluded global heating is now irreversible and it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere. They call it code red.
My code red is the sculpted wooden heart, my hope that we all love the world enough to force change and all do our bit too slow or reverse our damaging activity on our earth. There is no Planet B.”
Salvaged ancient oak post, Californian wildfire wood, beechwood, 127cm high x36x36cm
Parkes-Perret, Arian
Ackerman, Alex, “Earth Spirit and Water Spirit,”
Innis Hicsasmaz, Age 23, Iowa City, IA, USA
north south east west
James Morehead, 55, Dublin, California
“The poem "north south east west" was inspired by the wildfires, triggered by thousands of dry lightning strikes, in the summer of 2020 in Northern California. Fires that choked the air with smoke for 30 days. Fires that ravaged homes and countryside. Unforgettable and tragic.”
James Morehead is Poet Laureate of Dublin, California. "canvas: poems” is his debut collection, and he hosts The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast. http://viewlesswings.com/
Unidirectional Flow
Patricia Boyle, LIvermore, CA
The poem, "Unidirectional Flow" follows the course of a river, starting as a thin mountain stream that becomes a rushing river, later slowing on level ground, then meandering across flatlands and spreading across a delta as it enters the sea. The accompanying river photo was taken in Sutton, Alaska.
Millennial Man
Monique Rardin Richardson, Dublin, CA
“When faced with adversity, do as nature does—hold on, breathe, grow, adapt, and then re- blossom.”
The Torrent and the Tree
Linda Drattell, Pleasanton, CA
“This poem is about a defiant tree fighting for its last moments on earth against the raging waters of a torrential rain.”