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Recently my boys and I decided to create art from nature found objects. We made little paintbrushes from dried, stripped and frayed yucca leaves, paste from ground mesquite beans, and textures from leaves, fibers and dirt. We smashed up and grinded flower petals, seeds, cacti and pomegranate fruit to make rich colors and we painted on flat stones and the soft under belly of bark from our Eucalyptus tree. Our hands and feet were stained with earth colors and it…
I am honored to be participating in the upcoming event, Local to Global Justice teach-in event at Arizona State University. Local to Global justice is a two day annual event, which seeks to connect local diversity, sustainability, social justice, and human rights issues to larger global struggles. It has become an outstanding space for the sharing of experiences and knowledge between scholars and activists working on a wide range of social justice, human rights and sustainability issues. The goal of this…
I am continuously enamored and inspired by the diverse beauty and intelligence of the natural world. I spend most of my time outside, on a mountain, in my garden, at the park. I study the behavior of plants and animals. I attune my senses to the elements and the sensations they evoke within my being. I walk bare foot and burry my hands in the richness of fresh soil. I eat flowers and cacti fruits from indigenous plants. I share…
