Contributor: John K. Grande

John K. Grande is Curator Emeritus of Earth Art at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. He is the author of Balance: Art and Nature, Art Nature Dialogues: Interviews with Environmental Artists, and Dialogues in Diversity: Art from Marginal to Mainstream. He is co-author of Nils-Udo: Kunst Mit Natur and Le Mouvement Intuitif: Patrick Dougherty and Adrian Maryniak. His latest books are The Landscape Changes, Bob Verschueren; Natura Humana.

how to be in time with time

Art can guide our society towards a regenerative view of life, and bring us closer to the instinctive life force and physical energies that are part of our universal experience. The artist can direct their energies towards a re-souling of art, where integral values are based on real communication, between self and environment, between humanity and the ecosystem.