Series in progress and ongoing

Egg tempera (egg, vinegar, water) on polished homemade gesso on board

12” x 12” each

 

Interactive element: Can be paired and configured in groupings as desired

 

This series was inspired by the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin. Her essay called “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” (1988) in turn refers to Elizabeth Fisher’s Carrier Bag Theory of Evolution. This latter essay proposes that the first cultural devices were not hunting tools, but rather carrier bags that allowed humans to transport foraged food. Le Guin adopted this idea in her essay: her protagonists move away from weapons and hunting, towards collaborative universes and planets.

 

Similarly, a poem by Cherrie Moraga called “Dreaming of Other Planets” (1993) conjures the skies and universe. She writes: “Of other planets I am / Dreaming / Of other ways / Of seeing / This life”. The poem is published in a compilation whose cover art is an indigenous woman holding planet earth in her outstretched hand. Moraga is a well-known writer from California who writes about experiences of Chicana and Indigenous women, social justice, and activism.

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