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vironmental activism to my work—by exploring ints that evoke the natural world. This overlay of planet. with a thin layer of encaustic colors. The heat ink. Next, a hand-cut stencil made of newsprint ace, printing paper is carefully laid on top and rough the stencil’s cut-out shapes. had a laser cutter that could render any image, dow on the print, causing it to change with the ss an inch above the print, and a zoned world etimes the etching is more present, and in other see the scorching, the shifting, of what was once have exploited the system in the service of our ix it. of life need help.” — Richard Powers, The Overstory Marty Ittner Artist Statement American perspective sees our bodies as sacred rger microbiome. With the newly defined concept hing on to wisdom within Native traditions. The visible world of microorganisms—including many al roles in natural processes—from cycling carbon healthy digestion. pulations of bacteria, viruses, and fungi occupy ated that there are nearly 30 trillion bacterial cells terium for every cell in the body! Together, these . we are sick. The immune system is a complex nd proteins that work to recognize, neutralize and ch as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi. r personal microbiome. Much can be done, both le food diet to build immunity, avoiding sugar and overuse of antibiotics, exercising more, reducing iting alcohol consumption These cumulative ty and will restore our mother, Earth. rench)