ARBOREA
We are living in the Anthropocene.
Formations developed over millions of years incorporate the shape of trees; life forms of today are rendered vulnerable by human settlement.
From the magnificent forests of South Western Australia to the expansive and increasingly barren grazing fields of the Wheatbelt, I am struck by climate anxiety and grief over loss of habitat.
Weather turns into storm. Fire turns to devastation. How do we connect with the natural world we claim to know?
Imagine us humans as agents of change, or of extinction, as we threaten to halt this vibrant pulse of life that makes our planet a living marvel.
“…we are collectively at the heart of the hourglass, its tightening constricting
A chest pain is a world-reckoning anguish as the narrow chance of change is closing.”
– Jay Griffiths in ‘Nemesis, my friend’ –
NEMESIS
Tineke Van der Eecken
In this Anthropocene,
fires blaze, gulf streams slow
Blindfolded Nemesis gives us
what is due, Duende forms a fist
By the light of the last firefly
sand is pre-sun dust
From the snow flurry of ash,
a chant of bees in new territory
We are only passing
Moths tear at cocoons