Doing What I Can
Doing What I Can
Linocut reduction block print on Paper
10 x 8 x 1
Available
$300.00 USD
“Doing What I Can" is inspired by this folktale/parable: a forest fire raged on a mountain and all the animals fled in terror. Wolf cried “there’s too much smoke - how can we stop it!” Eagle said “the woods are dry, there is nothing we can do!” Lizard wept “we’ll never outrun the flames!” But tiny Hummingbird flew to a lake and scooped up a single drop of water, then zipped high over the fire and let it fall. When crow asked what he was doing, hummingbird replied “I am doing what I can.” When they saw hummingbird’s courage, all the other animals went to the lake and gathered water to throw or drop on the fire. One single drop could not quench a fire, but millions together did.
As so many of us breathe in real forest fire smoke this summer or feel like sobbing with rage at the news, remember that doing what you can, however tiny, is worthwhile. To that end, half the proceeds from this linocut will be donated by the artist to the buyer’s choice of the NRDC (National Resources Defense Council), the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), or the IRC (International Refugee Committee).
