This eagle, collaged with vintage book pages, sits atop a pile of history books as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. One of the books in the pile is Thomas Paine‘s “Common Sense.” In it, Paine said monarchy is absurd. And today that idea, No Kings, is still being chanted in the streets.

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A bald eagle perches upon a pile of nature books. I imagine our national bird, official symbol of our country, striving to protect our threatened environment.

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My son Ben and his toy soldiers protect his favorite childhood books, including “Where’s Waldo?” - all of which have been banned or removed from libraries or school reading lists at some point in time.

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In a nod to the domestic pastime of needlepoint, I sewed a message on window screen with an iron rim as my embroidery hoop. The message: step carefully around women who are standing up for the right to control their own bodies.

Pretty little needlepoint with a protest slogan.

To me the rocking chair is a woman’s chair. A broken seat on this family rocker made me think of the broken promise to let women control their bodies. I used the chair to create a piece protesting the 2022 overturn of Roe v Wade.