Grand Holiday Bazaar Pieces Offer Commentary on Impact of Climate Change

A”poetry and pose” installation at Mango Tango’s upcoming Grand Holiday Bazaar offers critical commentary on climate change, but with a twist: the poems superimposed onto the nature photography by Shaun Pennington offers a view of the world through the eyes of the animals impacted by changes in our environment.

For Pennington, who founded the Source in the late 1990s, the idea was decades in its evolution. As a child, she grew up on a 500-acre farm with animals as companions and, even in the summers, was out exploring the woods. Inspired by Taoist philosophy, which holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the universe, she channeled the connection into her everyday life and recently finished a two-year program at the Center for Action and Contemplation that revolved around Franciscan and Christian mysticism.

She didn’t put the two together, however, until Easter 2020 when, after local beaches were closed to activity in the midst of the global pandemic, she returned to her favorite spot – Magens Bay – and was overwhelmed by the wildlife she found had returned to shores and surrounding area.