Individual voices painted on rocks forming a river of ideas.

I research both sides of a topic and instead of looking for my exact position with accompanying statistics, I choose to encourage all dialogs.  If we all can speak openly we will be in a much better position to accept how ever our climate situation works out.  Humans adapt, they always seem to.  Climate River is about open dialog.


Some people have asked, Nina, why did you choose painting rocks? It is, after all, a very un-natural thing to do?


Each person gets to make their own statement while making a larger statement that actually works together visually. Each artist has autonomy while being within a group. Rocks are not as scary as a blank canvas.


Women do this multi-task chatter activity-thing. As a girl in Greece, I shelled peas with the older women. The conversations were honest, cajoling, entertaining and educational.  I love the idea of busy hands and how that opens some other channels in the brain.


Were there any other inspirations?
Yes, artists like Christo, who convinced so many volunteers and stake holders to agree to work together for a temporary project allowed me see the excitement a group can bring.


I read The Week Junior and there are always some hopeful things. As the name implies, it’s written for kids. It’s delightfully plain and gives more clear background than many adult based magazines.  I am often reminded that it's not the current adults that will be dealing with the consequences of our decades of environmental actions. This little magazine brings me hope for youngsters developing some great inventions to assist the problems ahead.


Conversations, debates, movies, all of these stretch the mind. Curiosity is where it’s at.
 

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