Pushing Rocks
Lost Things; a Soliloquy on Love
This time last year, I was deep into the project, Hunt for the Lost. I wanted to identify all the things we were mourning, as ecocide and fascism appeared to have made a marriage in hell that was pulling us all into an abyss of despair and destroying all value in the world before the 2020 presidential election.
The Day Before I Turn 76 My Mind Is On Afghanistan As the Leading Edge of Despair
What to call Afghanistan- a horror? A catastrophe? Whatever it is called, however tragic the immediate descent into totalitarian misogyny and cruelty, I am equally concerned about international repercussions and yet time advances and change is only predictable in retrospect no matter how clairvoyant or insightful I image myself to be.
The Iconic Nature of Dawns and Sunsets
After days of fog, dawn faithfully returned to the island. I will have about six weeks more to hoard as many as possible.
Recording dawns is an iconic exercise for me. When in doubt, no matter what, I am reminded that dawn comes daily for every living being, like birth, hope and renewal of all kinds just as sunset comes as regularly as death and closure for all that lives.
How Do We Talk About Crises?
Last year, I completed the Hunt for the Lost project on Governor’s Island when a more ambitious project, Blued Trees Black Skies, was torpedoed by the pandemic. Since then, it became clear to me that small discussion groups need to explode into international exchanges.
The Law and Ecocide
The way laws get changed is case by case. My own legal theory for The Blued Trees Symphony was based on a re-examination of the definition of ownership. Polly Higgins and I both established precedents not in case law but in mock trials, which also have validity.
Are Fascism and Conspiracy Theories Symptoms of Climate Change?
It has been years since I posted on my blog, the consequence of focusing narrowly on transposing my dissertation, “Trigger Point Theory as Aesthetic Activism,” into my forthcoming book, “Divining Chaos; The Autobiography of an Idea” coming out next summer, and completing the anthology “Ecoart in Action,”…
Links to published material on The Blued Trees Symphony
Links to audio podcasts and interviews about Aviva Rahmani’s project The Blued Trees Symphony.
Previews of Print Portfolios Now Available for Collectors
"I counted twenty-six different species of native grasses from alongside my dirt driveway around my birthday last month. I gathered them to make a palette. First, I created a soft ground monoprint, painting in with a brush a few shadows of the grasses that were placed in the ground”….
Getting up to speed with "The Blued Trees Symphony"
My biggest news has been the award of a fellowship with A Blade of Grass.