Collapsing Time

I have been tracking the reports on climate change for the past weeks with increasing concern. yes, I knew it was all worse than Al Gore said, but every day there seems to be a new announcement over how much worse it all is. It all seems to boil down to evolutionary time collapsing upon itself and taking us with it... all thanks to our own short-sightedness.

In the face of that, I have been heartened by the proliferation of shows by artists working on this issue with scientists. I am pleased to say I am several of those artists. One show is opening Saturday in Seville, Spain, "Bios4." Another is opening Sunday at Art Sites in Riverhead, on Long Island,NY. I am working on two others, one for Licherode, Germany and another for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, CO. Last month I was ina show for ESA, in Lueneberg, Germany, that Sacha Kagan will speak about on the Virtual Concert next Tuesday. I will write more about all these events shortly.

I often find it difficult to manage the time to address all these fronts at once. Sometimes, my own time seems to be collapsing. But I feel privileged to be in a position to express some feelings and ideas with my colleagues.

As many are saying now, we are in a war with Global Warming. The real war, of course, is with ourselves. We have met the enemy, and it is us. As I work on preparing the work and completing paperwork for these venues, my most important struggle is simply sustaining a measure of personal serenity and balance. In the face of the dire news I look at daily, it is what helps me stay focused and productive.