The Interspecies Relationships

By Brandi Rinne

Mixed-media collage about interconnectedness featuring two fabric birds flying across a textured background. Surrounding elements include a cotton cloud, a painted sun, a blue circular shape resembling Earth, dried leaves and flowers, seeds, and small illustrations of plants and people. Handwritten text quotes Saadi: “Human beings are members of a whole, in creation, of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, the name of human you cannot retain.” Additional notes reference “human–nonhuman relations.”
Medium: Hand-dyed indigo and rust fibers, including silks, linens, cottons and blends
Dimensions: 18″ x 24″

Quote / Inspiration:

“There is not one who is Fatherless, nor Motherless in the Universe.”

by Hermes Trismegistus

Artist Information:

Brandi Rinne

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