This painting shows the effects of air pollution from LA on the Inland Empire.
Knowing not the impact of their daily lives, cars, and actions
Constantly moving but no forward progress.
The ocean breeze takes it away
into The Empire enclosed by regal mountains.
The waste from the West sets,
stagnates, and destroys lungs, lifestyles, atmosphere
As the sun gets low it illuminates
The particles heavy and the gasses many
The view we behold is extraordinary.
The silly jurisdictions cannot contain the air they rule
No one can, do not be fooled!
Together as one we will overcome
and clean the air that we all share so tomorrow comes for everyone.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ) put together a clean air summit for the Inland Empire back in May. I was honored to have my painting on display, and a photo of it along with my poem was included in all of the binders given to the conference attendees. It was a great surprise when Roger Kintz (Branch Chief/DTSC Environmental Justice Coordinator,Enforcement/Emergency Response Program) purchased my painting so that it may hang in the offices and be viewed by many visitors! Thank you Roger! I hope that we will collaborate in the future on hosting art shows that relate to our local environmental issues. Here is a photo of woman of the year Penny Newman and I at the conference:
I also did a painting about acid rain and the "asian brown cloud" situation. Here it is:
No comments:
Post a Comment