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Plastic Fish by Bow Seat Ocean Bottled Home by Qinlin Li Trash Art.com The Turtle’s Holiday by Hayeon Kim Plastic Whale by Undo

Images on Bing     Recycler & graffiti graphic by Anaya

Art As Activism I

One of the great things about being an artist is that even if I can’t change the world I still have an unfettered opportunity to express my opinions. To keep from exploding, I made these pieces instead—Alice Deasley

Art As Activism I

It begins at home or should I say at the grocery store,
anywhere food is sold
Changes in ways to shelve groceries 
should again be addressed, it’s still an issue
Packaging goes straight into the sea—the true trash can
Alternatives are store chains that use barrels for sweets, nuts,
dried fruit and edible seeds 
More deli section, less packaged meats and cheese
Bakery containers, less packaged muffins
Plastic pollution solutions everywhere
Beach cleanups, volunteer to pick up litter
Our actions impact the ocean 
even far away from the coast
land and water are connected
Buy plastic free, figure it out!
Less bagged chips, more glass bottled water and jars
Youth with passion will themselves create new ideas, 
for they are the inheritors.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024


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Date: 7/3/2024 12:00:00 PM
Anaya, I love your explanation and the feelings you express. We are custodians of the earth and need to act with a lot more care in our choices and purchases. It's all really very painful to watch and I share your frustration. Some of us have been expressing concern for a long time, but only now are the effects as plain as day. Even that doesn't seem to be enough.
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Date: 7/15/2024 7:09:00 PM
Belated thanks, you have seen what I have, we all have, Duke. I appriciate you're time reading my scribbles.:)
Date: 6/28/2024 10:44:00 AM
I don't know if they think of how much it affects us and our health. The pollution. It's as bad for us as it is for the sea, air and every other polluted area.
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Date: 6/28/2024 11:18:00 AM
Tonye, microplastics are showing up in snow, rain, wind, soil, freshwater source, and finally showing up in our blood stream. Virtually no place on Earth is free of the polymer fog.
Date: 6/27/2024 10:05:00 AM
WOW!!! What a write. What great pictures. What an ending...  Enjoy your day writing/painting away..............
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Date: 6/27/2024 11:14:00 AM
Thank you, again my good poetess friend! For painting info, please look below! Enjoy your day.
Date: 6/27/2024 9:50:00 AM
right you are.We are facing ugly consequences of pollution and global warming. Only young minds can reverse the trend.
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Date: 6/27/2024 11:13:00 AM
Thank you, so much for reading Mother Earth's warnings, Jay! It will be up to the youth, the elders in anything cannot change themselves or what's around them, even here they don't accept changes! lol. Blessings
Date: 6/26/2024 11:25:00 PM
Will it come to a point where all will be gone because of the garbage people don't care if they throw out. I wonder if their homes are kept the same way.
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Date: 6/27/2024 11:10:00 AM
I think of hoarders and reckless homeless who gather trash and make more. Yes, companies are the worst by far dumping into the ocean, dear Eve and then come home to yell at their kids to clean up their rooms! haha. Thank you, for reading, we must heed Mother Earth's warning. Hope you are well, xhugs
Date: 6/26/2024 6:36:00 PM
I got a red flag posting these artists names, perhaps because they are .org's so here they are. Plastic Fish by Bow Seat Ocean.org Bottled Home by Qinlin Li Trash Art.com The Turtle’s Holiday by Hayeon Kim Plastic Whale by Undo.org
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