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1988 Penns Creek, PA Walnut Acres Organic Farms Founder Paul Keene Press Photo $14.88 |
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Butte Creek ORGANIC PALE ALE beer label CA 12 oz $1.80 |
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Organic Creek
What is Organic Art?
“There is Motive”
36×48 acrylic, ink, salt, canvas
By Deb Haugen
“The Organic Artist”
- Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms: organic matter.
- Simple, healthful, and close to nature: an organic lifestyle
- Resembling a living organism in organization or development; interconnected: society as an organic whole.
- Constituting an integral part of a whole; fundamental.
- Involving organisms or the products of their life processes.
The term “Organic” can be applied to a variety of subjects. I’m writing about “Organic Art“, and what that means to me, as people have tagged me….The Organic Artist. I have always been more comfortable outside, I just prefer nature to walls. As a child my Mom had to drag me inside every night. I lived just up the hill from a swamp, I know my fascination was born there in that magical swamp. I have very strong beliefs in helping our environment, and concerns for the future of our planet.
When you think of the term organic, you obviously first think of produce, that has been organically grown without chemicals. I think when referring to Art with the term Organic attached, we naturally will conjure up pictures in our minds of natural looking things, a lush landscape, a gnarled tree, or a bunch of freshly picked flowers, maybe even a basket of produce.
I first thought about the concept of “Organic Art” while walking the creek bed behind my home in Malibu, Ca. I wanted to capture on canvas the feel of hiking the trails, or exploring the creek. I wanted to convey my response to nature, something that had a truly innate natural look and feel to it. To take it a step further, I wanted to show the fundamentals of nature that we see daily, that are so strikingly familiar to us, and their relationship to time.
I’m intrigued by micro assemblages, tucked just below the surface, unusual hidden worlds complete in themselves. Macro and micro organic happenings are ongoing constantly, natural occurrences that also have to do with the passage of time. Time reveals itself through rotted wood, new growth, death, strata on the side of a mountain wall, all these things show the evolution of our Earth, organic markings of the passage of time. Now, mix these with feelings of emotion, physical movement of an artist responding to nature, and you have what I call….Organic Art. It is an artists vision of nature, natures movement through time, and that particular artists feelings, and responses. I want the viewer to re-live an atmospheric memory in their relationship to nature and my artwork.
Organic art can also be termed “Organic” by the materials an artist is using. Artists use organic pigments, leaves, branches, berries, stones, etc. An assemblage of natural materials, a sculpture in wood or marble, stones stacked/placed along side a river……..or even crop circles, they are all examples of what I would term Organic Art.
I find that creating abstract art with an “Organic” sensitivity in mind lends itself to speak of the emotions involved, rather than painting a pretty sunset that we all recognize to be a sunset. The realistic landscape artist discusses the beauty of a forest they are painting. I am focused on the emotions and feelings that my art conveys, atmospheric memories relived. Organic art reeks of a certain familiarity, something very fundamental, and essential in our daily lives. My paintings convey the organic complexities that surround us, sometimes about serenity, sometimes complex layering systems of decay or destruction. All of life responds to the primitive, tangible, evolution of our planet, some just a little closer to the source. Organic art is rudimentary, it is essential, it’s primordial, supportive and vital. It might express itself in a piece of raku fired ceramic, a collection of twigs, or paint on a canvas, twisted, layered, and textured. Organic art is all around us. Look at the car bumper rusted in a gorgeous swirl of burnt sienna, or the red paint peeling off the fence, they are all examples of a natural art being effected by time. Organic art is and always has been a part of our ever changing planet.
Ameren Cilco and Duck Creek Power Plant are a problem in our area?
Rumors are out there that state that Ameren Cilco may be releasing a toxic gas. Organic Mercury? One of the rumors I have heard is that they are having problems with a coal granulator and since they can not produce power without coal they are releasing organic mercury into our air and water. The reason is of coarse economic, and that is the reason for the rate hike and the scandal. Have you heard anything like this?
After doing simple Google searches and reading several press releases, here’s my analysis:
Background: Coal combustion is the major input of mercury (Hg) into the environment. The Hg is inorganic and in the coal as part of its mineral content. After burning, the Hg mostly is converted to gaseous form, and Hg then condenses on the very small particles of fly ash.
Ameren issued a press release (Ref 1) saying it would be controlling Hg emissions from Duck Creek. Most notable about this press release is how *little* it says about Hg control.
The State of Illinois issued a press release (Ref 2) indicating that additional scrubbers would be installed, achieving greater control of Hg, SO2, and NOx.
Prior to *any* of these press release, Riley Power issued a press release (Ref 3) indicating that they are under contract to upgrade the steam generator:
“The project is valued in excess of $40,000,000 and consists of redesigning and replacing the superheater, reheater and economizer sections, combined with pulverizer modifications, to accommodate reliable PRB operation. The equipment is planned to be operational in the second half of 2007.”
OK, so *how* do you control Hg emissions from a power plant? Easiest is to switch to coal supply with less Hg content, like western coal. Naturally, Illinois didn’t want Ameren to do this, because it would hurt the Illinois coal producers and the state economy. Another way is to remove mineral matter from coal before combustion, by washing, sorting, and “ugrading” the feed coal. Finally, you can control what goes out the stack with scrubbers – more efficient capture of fly ash reduces air emissions of Hg (and puts that Hg into fly ash that has to be disposed of safely). That appears to be the solution that Ameren and Illinois are crowing about.
To summarize, the Hg problem is with releases of inorganic, not organic mercury to the environment. Once Hg is released and enters ecosystems, it can get converted to organic mercury by bacteria that methylate the Hg, but that happens later. And yes, Ameren probably was having trouble with their pulverizing equipment at this 30-yr-old power plant, so they needed to upgrade. When the scrubbers come on line, they should do a lot to reduce Hg emissions. Finally, *every* coal burning power plant in the US (and there are *lots*) emits tons of mercury per year into our environment. It’s a major national problem, likely to get worse as natural gas prices increase and more and more utilities turn to coal.
Cane Creek Valley Farm – Eastern Carolina Organics
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