Brett S. Poza
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Tiger Mosquito- Pyrography and other burning methods, paper on poplar, 6"x 6"
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What belongs and what doesn't? Watching opossums, skunks, owls , foxes , porcupines and even a luna moth travel across our property at night, I think about all the things we don't see living around us, with as much right to this terrain as any other creature. Myriad insects flock to our screens while the lights are on. In the darkness we hear the bullfrogs, tree frogs, barred owls and coyotes. Chipmunks are inadvertently reseeding the rocky ground with oaks, so many that there wouldn't be room for them all to flourish. The wild strawberries have come and gone and rhubarb is three feet high. Whoever thought we should have dominion over all this, rather than simply a responsibility to protect it and fit in?
