12" x 16" giclée reproduction of original painting made in grief and prayer for the migrants of this earth.  The disappearing prairies of the north american continent.  The memory of buffalo and passenger pigeon.  The persistent, vulnerable kin of those ancestors, either finding their way or fading in the wake of the loss.
 
Migration is as important to the wellness of this planet as the circulatory system is to a body.  Nomadism is a way of knowing and respecting the natural limitations of the earth, of dancing with and remaining responsive to change in service to continuity and resilience.  The artifice of separation and ownership structures favored by a culture who commodifies its human and non-human neighbors, mistrusts change, halts and impoverishes migratory rhythms for humans and animals alike.  Humans have survived as a species largely thanks to our capacity to notice and adapt to our changing environment.  We will need to reconnect to that capacity should we wish to survive here.  If we wish to sustain and care for the interconnected earth toward the thriving of all.
 
Reproduction is backed with repurposed cardboard; SHIPS FLAT in either plastic or GMO corn-based non-plastic sleeve. [Please send me a message with your order if you would like the option of buying a print shipped without a protective sleeve.]
 
Printed on recycled paper, which was made by a multi-generation family company, with energy from one of the 190 dams on the St. Joseph River on unceded Miami land, present-day Michigan. The dam that powered the machines that made this paper currently has a fish ladder, which allows some, but certainly not all, native (including threatened and endangered) fish species to pass a little closer to their ancestral spawning grounds. Ships via USPS ground service, using fossil fuels made from the astoundingly giant plants of the Carboniferous period.