The new show : EarthFirst is a series of different exhibitions over the course of the fall. Just installed in the Gallery are design panels from a 2014 competition on Ecological Design — Living Place. The concept behind EarthFirst is to weave together a thought process about Earth, and that place where we find ourselves…. Other artists (such as Sarah Ashe and her Migrations pieces) and their art will follow. The ensō image is here to symbolize the universal void that we find ourselves in, the strength and elegance we need, and the forming and un-forming of Earth as we breathe.
““A Prayer Among Friends” from Of EARTH by John Daniel :
”Among other wonders of our lives, we are alive with one another, we walk here in the light of this unlikely world that isn’t ours for long. May we spend generously the time we are given. May we enact our responsibilities as thoroughly as we enjoy our pleasures. May we see with clarity, may we honor the mystery surpassing our sight, and may we hold in our hands the gift of good work and bear it forth whole, as we were borne forth by a power we praise to this one Earth, this homeland of all we love.””