Page 10 - The Enso Circle Continuing Residents, Exhibition Catalog, Spring 2023

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
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