Tastes of Americana: Issues of Lumber Drawing

This drawing presents the notion of nostalgia for Americana. It is difficult to measure how deeply embedded our attachments to capitalism are. For instance, an image of a logging truck may bring back fond memories of one’s childhood trip through the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps, too, our ancestors took pride in working for the American Dream in factories, post industrial revolution. But numerous aspects of the logging system have lasting negative effects on our environment, from disruption of forest soils which in turn reduce oxygen and water available to surrounding vegetation, to the impacts of road building effecting neighboring ecosystems. Somehow we must picture a large shift: we can still love a country if it doesn’t fail us. We can still love a country, but conditionally: if deeply rooted values of big industry are replaced by greener modes of operating rather than perpetuating the bleeding of our resources dry.

Drawing:Ink on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:72 W x 60 H x 0.2 D in

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