ORCHIDS

There’s more then 30000 different species of orchids spread throughout the world. Aztecs, Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, and English, all accord importance to that mysterious bloom. Orchids are one of the most ancient flowers found on earth and represent enduring love, resiliency, courage, and wealth. The series Orchids is painted with hematite, a pigment already used by the cave artists 35 000 years ago.

I have faith in human kind

.

We have killed

each others

for thousands of years

And yet

.

I have faith in human kind

.

We have slaughtered

buffalo for her tongue

elephant for her tusk

wale for her oil

shark for her fin

jaguar for her skin

wolf out of fear

And yet

.

I have faith in human kind

.

We have destroyed

whole ecosystems

poisoned air, water, and soil

and brought the planet

into a crisis

And yet

.

I have faith in human kind

.

We have invented

the most twisted forms

of tortures

We have raped

betrayed

oppressed

persecuted

enslaved

exterminated

crushed

And yet

.

I have faith in human kind

.

I have faith in human kind

Because

we know

.

how to change.