Flying Orca Memorial Prayer Flags
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I’m gratified to say that new sets of Memorial Prayer Flags are now ready for honoring nine Southern Resident Orcas . . .
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Whales, Art & Warming Oceans - An Archived Blog
This “whales” blog ran from 2014 through October 2019. Please enjoy its posts for their focus on globe warming and our whales and oceans.
From 2019 to present, my blogging continued as
Personal Climate Choices:
How We Choose Climate Actions
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Orcas, Imagined and Real
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Imagining Orcas
In my last post, I waxed poetic about the possibilities of musicians and whales communicating. I was heading . . .
Read MoreOcean Tunings
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Musicians are exploring communicating with whales. I’m guessing they think that the art of music might . . .
Read MoreSeven Little Prayer Flags and How They Grew
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From Inspiration to Perspiration
Sometimes an artist goes right from first inspirational vision to a finished work of art. Actually . . .
Read MoreA Prize for Naming Ocean Life
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This freshly made artwork doesn’t have a title yet and I’m asking, you, my readers to help name it. It portrays a blue whale but . . .
Read MoreWhales' Waters
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You may have guessed that I’m writing thesenblogposts to explore how humans and whales are getting along. There’s the good news and the not so good . . .
Read MoreAnother Mother and Child
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Seasons Greetings with a new Orca, a lovely present of hope to us all. J pod, of the Southern . . .
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Greetings!
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As land-dwelling creatures it’s all too easy to forget about our oceans and how they’re doing. Luckily . . .
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Stars in My Eyes
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Sometimes an artist can’t see what she’s making until it’s been done for a while. My latest piece, Filtered Beams, is hot off the encaustic press . . .
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Watching Nature's Show
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Well, it’s spring and nature is doing her best to outshine herself here in the Northwest. Along with tulips blooming about three weeks early, the migration of whales has started up, and . . .
Read MoreReversible Art, Reversible Climate
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Some art is quite reversible as it’s being made. Some not so much. Not unlike what’s happening with our climate these days.
Read MoreClimate Art
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Here’s a belated holiday gift - climate change eye candy. Nathalie Miebach’s colorful Changing Water - Gulf of Maine embodies . . .
Read MoreMaking Science Visible
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Bringing Ecology into Art
Making art to help the environment is tricky because no one likes being preached at. One effective way to convey the reality of our current state . . .
Read MorePlastic Bag Art
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Intentions of helping the oceans are not enough. Apparently, writing or reading a blog is not enough either; actions are needed. My last post on using cloth grocery bags did help me a bit by leading to . . .
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