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I began The Blued Trees Symphony in the belief that now was the time to develop new

models of public good and justice, based on recognizing our interdependence with other

species, and our dependence on clean water.

All three dreams

express my own

sense of globalized

mortal terror. As I

develop The Blued

Trees Symphony, it

seems that (with

others, the prospect

of a totalitarian fossil

fuel regime in the

country, while we long

for rescue, is terrifying

but not hopeless. The
Blued Trees measure in Brush Mountain, VA. Photo by Sarah Miller, 2016

well in my dream is

the terrifying world t. is creating, in which artists are trying to find our way to a better

future but are forced to descend into ever deeper and more dangerous depths. The

bridge is the transition we must effect from that old, corrupt world that threatens all life on

earth, to one that might survive the Anthropocene despite current chaos. In the last

dreams, despite the threats, I see a mosaic of alternative visions for our future. We may

yet survive. The hope is that when a small group of like-minded and determined people

with vision assemble, amazing things can be accomplished.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ecological artist Aviva Rahmani began

her career as a performance artist,

founding and directing the American

Ritual Theatre (1968-1971), which

performed throughout California. In

Figure 1 Rahmani performing at the ABOG reception
event May 4, 2017