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Shifting Baselines a memory of flight

Beachcombed wax and Gannet and Arctic Tern bones, Sculptural forms…..

Shifting Baseline Syndrome - the gradual acceptance of a degraded environment as "normal," because each new generation perceives the ecosystem of their youth as the natural state, forgetting or lacking knowledge of its past, healthier condition. 

Profile 1736521417 Tony Humbleyard

Sculpt

and is anyone listening?

a few myths exploded

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