Natural & Unnatural Histories
Date of Submission
Spring 2019
Academic Programs and Concentrations
Studio Arts
Project Advisor 1
kenji fujita
Abstract/Artist's Statement
Life can be seen.
Life can be seen
in small wax pearls of excrement and saliva,
in the hair of the human shed,
in the waterless death of a butterfly resting with wings and legs neatly folded in.
the essence The soul The Pith
Life can be seen
Thick, complex
soil is mistaken for the ground
buried and unearthed
there is a power in the ground,
in the nutrients,
In water-the only fluid
in the insects which lick and tear apart
the form and render it back to dirt.
There is an unknowable force.
Life can be seen
in the roots, in the bark.
in the thick, densely layered rings.
Life can be seen
In the stretching of Tendrils
upward and outward and
whichever other way
the sun feeds best
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Recommended Citation
Sekula, Suki L., "Natural & Unnatural Histories" (2019). Senior Projects Spring 2019. 315.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2019/315
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