Water. I am often compelled to gaze at, walk beside, wade or paddle though, if not completely immerse myself in water year round. Winter plunges make me feel more alive than ever.

Making our way down Highway 6 into Silverton along Slocan Lake I am aware that my body literally changes inexplicably. A deep kinship has been kindled over the last 30 years, and I have been known to describe the wilderness places along the shores of Slocan Lake as a cathedral.

So- what of this? How does water affect my work as an artist? Just as I honoured plants in my garden by letting a camera help me fall into synchronicity with them, so I do with water. Reflections, textures, movement and shapes draw me in. It is like a dance. Water moves, and I respond. I feel at one with.

Can I advocate through beauty? Is there such a thing as embodied advocacy? How to immerse you? Do you feel the awe I feel? I invite you to. BE the water too.

I know I shall advocate more literally on the waters behalf as opportunities arise, and as I feel called to through my art. My images become my voice, the waters voice, carrying it where they will.

The website alongside the climatology piece for the Lake Country Art Gallery is a place Alison Beaumont and I have collected resources for helping us all to act on behalf of the planet, water included.