Marsha Lieberman

A friend who was on a walking journey mentioned that one of her routes brought her to a very large meadow with no visible trace of the next portion of the trail. Without tools – map, compass, or GPS –  she would have had no idea which way to go. The fact that this occurred […]

This is a baby corn that was attached to the fully grown ear I selected from a local farmer. She detached the baby, opened its husk, and showed me that an individual silk was attached to each kernel. I did not know that is how it worked. Below is what echinacea looks like in August… Read more: Early Day, Before the Heat

This drawing shows a single visit of a hummingbird to flowers in my herb garden. The path is set against a  background that includes the sun and the impact that this body might have on the structure of the space surrounding it. The spatial elements and activity of the bird exist at different scales within […]

Simone Weil once said that the most generous thing a person could do was to truly listen.  A fourteen-year study, involving more than two thousand people ranging in age from 14 to 94, showed a dramatic decline in the number of daily interactions involving speech. “Because spoken words usually occur in conversations with other people,… Read more: Silence

This diagram shows the path of a Tiger Swallowtail feeding on the flowers in my garden. A grid defines the background, and includes distortion to signify the sun’s impact on the structure of space. The butterfly’s path is not one that has been planned, but rather is responsive to circumstances – in this case, to… Read more: Flight Path