Christina McPhee

Palm at the End of the Mind 2023
After

Of Mere Being
BY WALLACE STEVENS
The palm at the end of the mind,
Beyond the last thought, rises
In the bronze decor,

A gold-feathered bird
Sings in the palm, without human meaning,
Without human feeling, a foreign song.

You know then that it is not the reason
That makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine.

The palm stands on the edge of space.
The wind moves slowly in the branches.
The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

Crazy making
Stand off
Mattress cot
Mandelbrot

Another voice print

Geologic resurgence studies 2021 -ink on paper ….. just a few flying by

Apropos of current

“So soft this morning hours”

Telluric Dreamtime

Yes

Back home in morning light .
This one called to me. The sun blessing.

video still from Yes! lord paradise remix, immersive animation-landscape film with sound by . Resistance to the hellscape by contemplation and devotion —

Lady Luck. 2022.

Over under

Voice Print Atmospheric River 2023
Taking part in the benefit auction this week … auction link on my bio …

Some baroque morning

… 1/2/ … 3/4/

Meanwhile back home Terr just painted the walls deep royal blue.

Films by Christina McPhee screening at FiveMyles Brooklyn 11.10.23 7 PM

Couple more of the new kids on the block:
1/ Me and My Shadow. 2/My Heart In Hiding Stirred for a Bird

2023 oil and dye on canvas 18 x 16 in

Channelling a standard with Justin Vivian Bond; plus, Gerard Manley Hopkins in flight services

New little dudes. 1/ Thunder on the Mountain 2/ Snow Was General All Over Ireland; each 18 x 16 in 45.7 x 40.6 cm 2023

From a new project TBA soon. Here summoning Dylan and then Joyce (my favorite line from “The Dead”).

No words. Basically painting activity is accompanied by spontaneous tears.

No words

Transition zone

Looking forward to showing a film version of “Breathing”, a song from - with new footage from the revival of this multimedia performance work last August. Coming to on November 10 in Brooklyn.

In the studio I feel like I’m channeling this big beautiful denim jeans jacket with padded shoulders and appliqué sequins that I wore in green mountain falls Colorado in 1990, with my babies . Well at least the yellow painting is like that seeing as how it’s about an assumption into it out of heaven

This was a shadow from the oaks but it became Enclave.

Broken vista point clear lake

Map collage + oil on canvas

Thinking of a research gallery at the American wing of the Met last year- 19th c paintings by white ‘explorers’ of Pomo scenes at Clear Lake , alongside contemporary and historical baskets

Thinking of what it means to call out a name - ‘our miraculous names’ (A.Cesaire)

Conflagration (after Suzanne Cesaire)

2021

RE: Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary designation (NOAA-NOS-2021-0080)

We strongly support the swift designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (CHNMS) to protect ocean biodiversity and to advance environmental justice through collaborative ocean management. We support the following actions:

Sanctuary Boundary: The Initial Boundary Alternative with Gaviota Coast Extension
Name: The name “Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary”
Tribal Collaborative Management: An inclusive approach to all Tribes in Collaborative Management & a NOAA Tribal Liaison.
Outreach and Education: Outreach, education and research programs that elevate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and access for local underserved communities.
Rodriguez Seamount: The protection of Rodriguez Seamount
Offshore Wind: Thoughtful planning of Offshore Wind farms to protect ocean life
Water Quality: A prohibition on new oil development within sanctuary boundaries.

The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, spanning over 7,500 square miles of ocean and 156 miles of coastline, will be both beneficial for the environment, local communities and the economy.

It is vital that the CHNMS cover the largest possible contiguous boundaries. We support designation of the Initial Boundary Alternative with the Gaviota Coast Extension (Sub-Alt 5b). Including the waters offshore Point Buchon, Morro Bay, Cayucos, and Cambria will close the California Central Coast’s biodiversity protection gap between Monterey Bay and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries. This will protect the only eelgrass bed in a 300-mile stretch of coast; many historic Chumash sites, including Lisamu’ (Morro Rock); numerous protected marine mammals and shorebirds; the highest population of Southern Sea otters on the California coast; several State Marine Conservation Areas; and the kelp forests and rocky intertidal habitats considered to be some of the most diverse and abundant in the world.

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement acknowledges that all other alternatives would reduce the significant beneficial effects on biological resources provided by the Initial Boundary Alternative. All other alternatives would increase the vulnerability of those resources to adverse impacts that the Initial Boundary Alternative would prohibit or mitigate. The Initial Boundary Alternative is expected to result in long-term beneficial impacts on local residents (including low-income and minority populations), as well as on the health and well-being of children.

We support equitable inclusion of all Central Coast Tribes in collaborative management. All sanctuary stakeholders will benefit from Indigenous input. The CHNMS is an opportunity to advance environmental justice efforts. Equitable collaborative management must be open to all Tribal groups interested in participating. This can best be accomplished with a Tribal Sanctuary Advisory Council made up of interested Tribal Groups. NOAA’s Tribal collaboration should be facilitated by a qualified Tribal Liaison.

Sanctuary education and community outreach should partner with area schools to increase education and access to the ocean for local communities. Programs should focus on both ocean ecology and Tribal history and culture. Outreach should be multilingual and multicultural, and prioritize underserved communities, such as the inland communities of Guadalupe and Santa Maria. We urge development of research programs that address the impacts of climate change, encourage community science, and elevate the use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to enhance ecosystem-based management. The Sanctuary should teach the benefits of protecting our ocean and planet and promote the spirit of stewardship that is exemplified by the culture and history of the original Chumash caretakers.

We support regulations to protect Rodriguez Seamount. The seamount provides critical habitat for extremely biodiverse marine life that needs strong and permanent protection against damaging activities such as deep sea mining and other threats. The seamount has special national significance that warrants special protections through sanctuary designation. Once damaged, fragile seamount ecosystems may not recover in our lifetime.

While a source of renewable energy, Offshore Wind (OSW) farms will have environmental impacts on habitat, wildlife, and water quality. California’s first OSW projects adjacent to the sanctuary should be planned and sited to avoid or mitigate impacts to sensitive marine areas and species and important cultural resources. The National Marine Sanctuary Program should work closely with state and federal partners, OSW companies, Tribes, and community members to ensure future OSW is developed in the most environmentally and culturally responsible manner.

Please act to protect our coasts via the Initial Proposal for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.

https://chumashsanctuary.org/public-comment/ -180-410

You have violated an area protected by a security system leave immediately (Teorema 30) , 2010

113 x 213 cm

Red Springs
2023

“any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group".