What expressive piece can you create with the land around you?

“It all started with walks, you know? I’d wander out in nature, just taking it in, asking myself, “What’s catching my eye? What’s asking to be noticed? What keeps pulling me back?” It’s like, “who’s starting this connection and am I open enough to really see it and respond?”    — Lydia Cheshwalla

This seed invitation comes from the work of Lydia Cheshewalla, an Osage ephemeral artist from Oklahoma, living and working in motion throughout the Great Plains ecoregion. Her practice is built on an ethos that views all beings as sacred, with their own agency, and with a right to complete their cycle of life and death. She works mainly with naturally shed material and seeds that are ready for collecting. At the end of installations, each being is returned to its original place in nature where it was gathered, closing the circle of creation. We visited and worked with Lydia for our PBP Bloom at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. Her exhibition there was made during a residency with our PBP Action Partner, the Center for Humans & Nature in Libertyville, Illinois.

Our PBP seed invitation to you is:

• Thoughtfully sense and gather elements from the land around you.
• Create an expressive piece and share it below.
• Check out our partners at Center for Humans & Nature, who will be select three pieces that speak to them and publish them in one of their upcoming digital editions.