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ARTIST STATEMENT

Anna Boedecker

These small works began on Earth Day, as a meditation on the fleeting

beauty of nature. Each one reflects a vanishing wilderness, a place being
overrun by civilization and/or destroyed by climate change. Called critical

habitats, these are geographic areas essential for the conservation of
endangered species.

These “Earth Echoes” were inspired by Emma Freeman and art-making as
a practice of Zen peacemaking. One of the tenets of Zen Peacemaking is

not-knowing – letting go of fixed ideas about oneself and the world. In art

this means letting go of a fixed idea of the outcome or even direction of the
creative process. Bearing Witness, another tenet, is being present to the

joys and suffering of the world. Through witnessing and giving expression
to the beauty and fragility of our natural world we can evoke the love that

is necessary to save it.

EARTH ECHO 1
Hand-stitched fabric collage
6” x 6”
$100