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since 2016 I have seen the effects of increased
ulnerable plant and marine life. The impact of
quences on the island. Most recently, Icelandic
cier, Okjokull, with great sadness and alarm.
nstream run off is emptying into the harbors
to lift the land so that ships and fishing boats
s. Fishing is Iceland’s second most important
Patricia Aaron
Artist Statement
nesota winter, I used to get up early before the
ldren, an angry and usually pregnant mother, and
pushing through the melting snow and the brown
air was fresh and cold and blew through me, a
the diaper pail and the drifting clouds of cigarette
f the natural world before the humans woke up.
t shuffling through the fallen leaves covering the
breath.
t, I reluctantly turned to trudge home. A squirrel
o scold me. “Oh, shut up,” I said. But it wasn’t the
other for something or another, yelling, slapping,
mise of hope, better days. Because of these few
urvive my childhood.