These cards by artist Elizabeth White of Bethel, CT document her ephemeral burr sculptures. They are from a series called "Dirty Bombs" protesting the use of depleted uranium weaponry. She writes:
About the Cap: Looking to the past it is evident what dunces we have been in our violations of the rights of our fellow man. Here I contemplate my complicity & look toward the future as our power to violate now imperils all life forms.
About the Teddy: The symbol of Teddy is enlisted here to describe the yearning for peace and security. the "children of Iraq" (Kosovo, Bosnia, etc) include also those children born to the soldiers who have been handling chemical & radioactive toxins. Agents so powerful as to mutate human DNA.
About the grenade: As disparate as we may feel, we are ever bound together as members of the human family. As distant as others appear our environs are closely linked by air and water streams. The natural laws of cause and effect and our endowment with reason and conscience assure us we will inherit each other's concerns. That which we inflict on others sticks to us as well.
Thanks so much for your amazing cards, Elizabeth!
