Poetry has been an ideal medium for me in exploring this type of environmental writing. My goal was to use relatively simple, accessible language in order to address complicated questions. I think of each poem as a compact package containing many layers of content. For the most part, I used the poems to describe individual experiences or events that happened to me, and use them to ask broader questions about how we interact with nature. This method seems to mirror how I believe sustainability issues should be tackled: by everyone applying their individual skills and experiences to work towards solutions. No "silver bullet" will solve all the large conundrums we face, of course. However, many smaller-scale solutions will eventually add up, and at the very least will create a paradigm shift and cause us to approach sustainability issues in new ways.

There is a place by my childhood home, an opening in the woods with small stone walls intersecting it, where I am too afraid to go to by myself. But what is it about this space that scares me so? In my installation, I look to explore this question–investigating my fear of and personal experiences with nature through artistic expression.