Encroachment
by Judy Kennedy
Title
Encroachment
Artist
Judy Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
This photo is an Arizona landscape about 50 miles southwest of Phoenix.
It is perfectly natural to want to live in, by, and around beauty. But that beauty may feel otherwise about the matter. And therein - we find her beast. That’s the only way I can think to describe encroachment upon the wilderness areas by what humans call “civilization.” I want to justify it by hailing it as the remedy to “nature deficit disorder” which is a true affliction, especially prevalent among children who live in the cities - even if they play in parks. Those parks are most peculiar resembling the manicured fingers of a manikin more than something from the real wild. So I am truly conflicted because I live in one of those homes invading the splendid desert landscape you see in this photo. I moved there for my sanity, and without the all-powerful healing presence of pure nature, I would surely be dead by now. I wish it could be otherwise. I wish I had the courage, survival skills, and wherewithal to live as Abbey did - somewhere way out in the wilderness, alone, with no one in sight but my beloved husband and domestic animals with which I share my domicile. But alas it is not possible - especially as my art is 100% reliant on the latest computer and internet technology in order to share it with the world. I suppose it is a sacrifice we make. I suppose that is why we artists photograph what we do - while secretly and maybe unconsciously deep down in envy - yearning to be the subject of our artistic expression. Imagine that. Is that not wild enough?
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October 1st, 2019
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