Peggy Rose

My personal choices in how I live on this Earth changed 20 years ago when I realized that everything I loved would die if we keep on as we were going.  In the last few years, these books have furthered my actions and understandings:  Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta, Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, and Deep Adaptation, edited by Jem Bendell and Rupert Read.  The most important work is local and social.  This community has value.

To Live For All Life

Paint and paper on board
20" x 22”

Answering the art call of “Meeting Essential Community Needs” for What’s Next For Earth by raising the questions, “What is community?” and “What are needs?” And my question is, “How do we begin living as part of the web of life?”

The writing on the painting is: From consumers to producers From wants to capacities From how much can I get to how little do I need From what do I “own” to who am I From individualism to community From service to self to service to life

Richard Heinberg said, “Roll up your sleeves and get involved in the nuts and bolts of how life works.” (Paraphrase)
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2023
  • Peggy Rose

Scaffolding

Acrylic on board
20" x 22"

This artwork is based on Richard Heinberg’s quote, “Education—particularly early-childhood education—not only sets the foundation for who we become in later life, but also shapes society as a whole. We need education that trains people in both community and personal resilience-building.” 

My daughter is an early childhood educator and she introduced me to the concept of “scaffolding.” Meet the child (or the child within each of us) where they are with new skills and knowledge, then reduce support as competence increases. Acknowledge feelings and encourage self-regulation. All flourishing is mutual.
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2023
  • Peggy Rose

The Five Minds

Tissue paper and acrylic paint on canvas
16" x 20"

"Systemic inequality reduces sustainability and resilience.”

The content of this piece comes from Tyson Yunkaporta’s book Sand Talk. He invites us to see the world from the indigenous perspective rather than looking from our own perspective into the indigenous.

The aboriginal elders want this shared with the world.

Use the hand to remember the five minds. The little finger is the kinship mind. Nothing exists except in a relationship. The ring finger is the story mind because we all hold knowledge, and sharing is how we increase knowledge. The middle finger is a turnaround mind, from the abstract to the concrete, in an ever-revolving force linked by metaphor. The pointer finger is the ancestor mind, present when anything is done with deep engagement and intense concentration. The thumb is a pattern mind. This is systems thinking, contextual, holistic, and relational. Pause and look at the world through this lens.

Richard Heinberg quote: “Resilience and sustainability require justice. Therefore much of the leadership for resilience-building efforts must come from communities on the frontlines of ecological disruption.”
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2023
  • Peggy Rose

Embrace Dependency

Mixed media painting

12”x12”

We see ourselves as independent individuals while, in reality, we depend on global supply chains, global products, global entertainment, etc. We could let this concept of our "independence" go and instead embrace our dependency, on each other, in the place where we are on this earth, with the other beings who are right here sharing it with us.

"Nothing fundamentally new has to be invented for this to happen: local economies have deep and ancient roots, and there are already efforts underway in hundreds of towns and cities around the country" Richard Heinberg, excerpt from the lesson “Economic Relocalization”, Think Resilience online course, Post Carbon Institute.
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2023
  • Peggy Rose

The Edge Ratio

12" x 12"
Mixed Media

The Edge Ratio: the larger the circle, the smaller its edge relative to the area. More edge equals more diversity, more productivity, and greater stability.

Richard Heinberg: "[...] globalization reaches a point of diminishing returns" [...]"encourages redundancy."
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2023
  • Peggy Rose

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