Bravo, Blog Post 7: Cripping the Environment

 Cripping the Environment

(Beauty, Deformity and Disability; Riva Lehrer)

As I was going through Riva Lehrer art work, it seemed so bizarre and strange but yet so beautiful and unique. Out of her entire work, this painting struck out to me the most, we see this disabled women who has scoliosis and scars along the line of her spine. We see this interpretation of the environment that is beautiful along with the water and scenery but we see the women who is disabled body. Putting these together, the disabled can be something beautiful to embrace. Just as revealing the beauty of water as this woman was able to reveal her inner beauty and is not ashamed of it, we are able to see her true self, which the clarity of the water defines that. Riva had revealed how disability and the environment are related to one another and are linked a way we do not see to realize. Nature itself can be unusual and not something typical you would see daily, but it can be unique and beautiful in the sense which I think Riva tried to interpret in her paintings, including this one. In one of the class readings, Eco-ambleism, Leah Stagnone; "Instead of questioning individuals about whether their disability actually prevents them from making a specific sustainable swap, advocates will redirect that energy toward systems change that creates a more just world for all of us. Since climate change has a disproportionate impact on people with disabilities at a systems level, an inflexible focus on individual actions that frames us as the problem ironically only serves to further alienate a marginalized group from advocacy on an issue that we are experiencing most acutely." Stagnone is implying that advocates for climate change actually make people with disabilities feel excluded and how things should be aimed in a more broader perspective in society that will allow everyone to feel included. Additionally, promoting fairness and accessibility for everyone. This relates to Riva because she sort of ties that in with the painting above, water pollution is an active thing that is happening within our planet and people with disability are not able to really express that.

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