World Turned Upside Down

Jennifer O’Farrell/ WhiteWave Photography
“The World turned Upside Down”
Multi Media (photographs, newspaper ads, canvas, oil, sharpie)
Size – 16”x20”
2008
In a world of resources, there seems to be enough for everyone’s needs – basic needs- however, especially in the United States, we live off the resources of our greed. The earth, in a way, has been turned upside down by the rape of her resources. There are various quotes from authors, Native America proverbs, and guides that have shared the, in their way, the abuse that has occurred to Mother Nature. One of them is: “The US is the number one producer of garbage. We consume thirty percent of the planet’s resources and create thirty percent all its waste. The US is home to just four percent of the global population.”
Some say the whole world, the whole earth, and creation seem upside down. What was once innovation and industrial ingenious now seems to have ramifications upon the purest gift that resides amongst us. Yet the hope is that some how when we least expect it, the world- our choices, our lives- writes itself again.