Gallery:  Choice (Passion of the Earth #6)

Art Title:  Choice

Original fabric art by Melanie Weidner
Created August 2005 - 25 inch diameter
Fabric, thread, mounted on polystyrene

Statement:
Choice is sixth in a series of seven images, The Passion of the Earth, a fresh telling of the Creation story.  Using poetry and art, theology and science, the series makes new connections between Christian faith and humanity’s relationship with the Earth.  Choice illustrates Sr Teresa Jackson's text: 
"And so God dreams and hopes as the cosmos stands poised at a point of decision.  A new paroxysm of divine, human, and cosmic energy stands ready to explode and heal.  We will decide: a re-creation or continued destruction; a dream of hope or the nightmare of our greed."

Collection of the Monastery of St Gertrude