Nothing left to eat
today's sunrise

Santoka Taneda

early morning walk Sandia Mountains

Fall of 2016 I have been invited to participate in Wilderness Act 2016, a land art installation.
http://www.axleart.com/upcoming 
Lenora Curtin Wetlands is the location. This beautiful wetland is just south of Santa Fe and is part of the Santa Fe botanic gardens. A fine respite in the desert.


"Untitled (Anitya series)" will be a grid of 9 'grass books' made from un-fired red terracotta clay gathered from our property in northern New Mexico. I made the book's paper pages from native grasses. The books are bound with grasses.  

Anitya is a Sanskrit word for "impermanence". The first Anitya installation was in 2009.
http://annecooperstudio.com/installations%20one.html

The books will dissolve back into the earth over time. 

raw terracotta clay, grass paper, kaolin clay, grass, bee's wax
12" L x 6" W x 1.5" D

red of the dawn sky
red of the sunset sky 
nothing to eat

Santoka Taneda

if its cloudy, it bleats
the single goat

Santoka Taneda

Juan Tabo Sandia Mountains

doze off

dream of home

reed leaves rustling

Santoka Taneda

Lenora Curtin wetland Santa Fe, NM

owl in owl's way

I in mine

can't get to sleep

Santoka Taneda

great horned  fledgling Albuquerque bosque