In April 2008 Performance Artist/Filmmaker Kate E. Deeming created the character “Body Earth”, as a physical representation of Mother Earth. She then crawled on hands and knees in Shibuya, at Hachiko Crossing, Tokyo, (the busiest crossing in the world) in between the pedestrians as a way of drawing attention to the missing consideration of the physical human dimension in all of our chats about “this environmental crisis”. Martine Cotton, photographer and Richard Grehan, filmmaker, joined her on this exploration to document the ‘performance’. The photos contained in this volume were not staged, but taken documentary style over the course of the Saturday evening. They serve as a potent reminder to our personal responsibility towards the nurturance of the planet.



**A percentage of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Glasgow Women’s Library



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BODY. EARTH. MOTHER

To the core.



I am tree part of this

roots

planted

soil rich

with nutrient



Let me feel the grace of gnarls,

of your branches

The roughness against my back



I am mountain

craggy

wild



I am a stream

Playful

naïve



I am a bird

In flight



I am a tiger

Running



I will be a part of this body



NO



Not

APART



Within

Through

Breathing living truly



I will celebrate that essence

The ebb

Flow

tide



The gentle meandering of mountain breast

I will revel the sense and breath of life



To be complete in my wholeness

Connected to the infinite pieces

Living in this glorious perfectly organized machine

My limbs which move when I will them

In my age remind me of my journey

In my youth tempt me with promise



Oh mistress mine Earth Body let me recline in your wild bounty



Mother. Body. Earth.

Human Nature.