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English summer sun
in Belgium and Germany
catastrophic floods
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by Scooj
Tag: Climate change
Climate choice
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A change is coming
pro-active or reactive
time to make a choice
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by Scooj
3633. North Street Standard
I genuinely miss my occasional conversations with Andrew Burns Colwill. I haven’t seen the artist for well over a year now, possibly two, and that is far too long. During that time I haven’t seen too much of his street work either, so it was with great joy that I found this recent piece by him on the wall of the North Street Standard.
One of the things that chimes for me with all of ABC’s work is the environmental theme at its heart, and this piece is more overt than some of his work, with a direct call to action emblazoned on the left hand side.
The Earth sitting at the top end of an hourglass is a fabulous visual metaphor for the urgency of the predicament we find ourselves in. As the Earth drips down into the lower half of the hour glass, a face is seen in the centre, as if the soul of the planet was being drained out.
This is a fabulous piece of fine art from one of my favourite people in Bristol.
We all must do what we can, and we can do what we must.
Earth day
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Virtuous gestures
offered up in all good faith
need to be fulfilled
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by Scooj
3291. Cheltenham 2020 (13)
Mr Draws really came up with something of a surprise at this year’s Cheltenham Paint Festival with this environmental piece of an elephant and the slogan ‘ system change not climate change’.
I caught up with Mr Draws in the centre of town and he told me that he had used a technique for the first time which is used by many artists called a doodle grid. He reported that he enjoyed it and that it had worked really well. There seems to be a bit of a mixture of techniques and styles within the piece, for example the rather abstract foliage, the well proportioned elephant and the twigs with leaves. A strange combination but one with a clear strong message.
Decline and fall
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In just one lifetime
we have ruined everything
my home, planet Earth
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by Scooj
English climate change
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Dry spell continues
after such a wet winter
a summer-like spring
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by Scooj
Four horsemen of a modern apocalypse
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Nationalism,
biodiversity loss,
climate change, disease
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by Scooj
“I will not be silent”
Greta from Sweden
with unwavering courage
and huge conviction
inspires young and old alike
we’ll not be silent
by Scooj
Here she comes
Modern champion
with skolstrejk för klimatet
Greta in Bristol
by Scooj
On the news that Greta Thunberg will be visiting Bristol this Friday for her school climate strike. I have given both of my children permission to protest if they wish to add their voices to the campaign. I am rather excited and will be taking an extended lunch break to protest myself.
