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.