The Cosmic Walk and Other Learnings explores experiential learning and focuses on understanding the deep ecology environmental philosophy. Deep ecology observes that psychological and spiritual disarray can be attributed to the ‘illusion of separation’ between humans and the rest of the natural world. This concept is seen as a fundamental underlying issue of the current environmental crisis.
From the experiences of attending numerous deep ecology workshops, a series of photograms were developed to convey the sensory modes of understanding inherent in the workshop processes and practices.
Workshop tools and concepts such as string, leaves, dirt from the earth and the circle shape were utilised to create the photograms. The artwork titles are workshop names or healing concepts, such as The Cosmic Walk, Circle Work and Breathing with Trees.