This post is respond for week 148 challenge, posted by @galenkp
Painters and Drawers || What represents my love of the planet and nature
Let Nature save you.
The 'planet is under threat' narrative has been with us for many years. We are adapting our crops and livestock breeding, so we don't use up the extremely valuable fresh water supply too quickly. We drive electric cars to avoid polluting the air with exhaust fumes. We separate our trash, collect compost, use paper straws. Every day we hear about the catastrophic effects of climate change, for which we humans are supposedly responsible.
One would think, that nature is defenceless. That a planet without our 'efforts' and attempts to reverse the effects of a centuries-old industrial boom is Mother Nature's only salvation.
Is Mother Nature really defenceless?
Mother Nature has the power of thousands of hurricanes, hundreds of cyclones. She wipes out human settlements with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. She targets us with thunderbolts, she rids cities with tsunamis.
Nature is not defenceless. Oh no.
She has survived tree ferns, meteor strikes and dinosaurs. It has experienced heatwaves that burn the earth to ashes as well as ice age. We humans are but a brief phase in the life of the planet.
It was here before us, and will be here long after we will be gone.
It is not nature that is dependent on us.
It is we who are dependent on nature. And only nature can save us.
Nature deserves respect. It deserves your attention, and should be our authority.
We should bow our heads, because we are at a loss if we seek a confrontation with Mother Nature.
We should allow nature be our salvation.
Let's stop getting in her way.
About the drawing:
I drew two figures, one representing the forces of nature and the other representing humanity. I wanted to reverse the narrative a bit and show how we are dependent on Mother Nature. I also wanted to show that Nature is not just a destructive force, but our chance to reverse our fate. By using colour I wanted to suggest that returning to nature will allow us to survive.
I very rarely work with colour, but felt it was necessary in this case. I wanted 'Mother Earth' to be both good and a little scary (that's why there are so much black and dramatic shadows). You can observe the 'gift' of life/hope that Mother Nature transfer into humanity, which is on the verge of destruction - second figure is disintegrating in parts where is 'away' from nature(legs). As always I count on your opinions!
I hope you have lovely Sunday!
Yours,
Strega Azure
I've used penicls: 10B, 8B, 3B, 2B, 2H, 4H, 8H and watercolour pencils.
Drawing & pics are my authorship if not stated otherwise, all rights reserved @strega.azure ©
