"Your Feet Are Killing Me" by Sabrina El Costell

 Your Feet Are Killing Me

by Sabrina El Costell of West Gardiner, Maine

"Nature Cannot Be Contained" by Shana Rowe Jackson

  

Nature Cannot Be Contained

by Shanna Rowe Jackson of Pittston, Maine

I created this piece as part of a project in an art class that I was in while I attended UMA for my bachelor's degree in art. The main concept of the project was that, while many of us live in the now, the choices we make today are changing the way the world will be tomorrow.

We are already starting to see how the climate is changing and reacting to pollution and nature has begun to take back what is hers. This is evident in the rising of the sea, the severe weather we are seeing all over the globe, and even in our mild winters that we have been having here in Maine. This is why my piece shows nature spilling through something that is manmade. I named this piece Nature Cannot be Contained, because we take nature for granted, but it is still there and at times, we are at its mercy. I see the earth as a living organism. If treated poorly then it will react poorly, and in essence, fight back. However, if nourished it will flourish. I do believe in the resilience of this system, and that if we change our ways now, we can see a brighter future for our planet tomorrow.