I started mindfully watching the pinecones fall from mature white and red pine trees onto the paths of the Northern forests of Minnesota. I love walking and hearing the pinecones crunch under my step. Looking down, I could see all the pinecones opening up and the seeds falling out under the warmth of the sun. Sometimes I would eat one of the nuts or seeds or taste the sap of the tree or make pinecone bird feeders with my grandchildren. I have always been a gardener creating many spaces for mostly perennials to grow and flourish. I love many varieties of house plants thriving in the light of my windowsills.

This new attention to seeds was different for me.

As an artist, this installation on seeds exists because of my fascination and reverence for Nature and the realization that seeds and plant-life are all we have to sustain life on Earth.

And so began my intense watchfulness …
A long long time ago… Seed woman had dreams and visions…She invoked a song to the Sun Moon and Stars…She sang…Gathering eternal blessings to the Earth’s land…