VIDEO CONCEPT by Mary Bucek/Kim Smith/E. Nghiem:
Venus emerges from the ocean, looks down at floating trash, nearly faints in disgust.
Walks around statues of Jesus and Buddha in museum, stops to admire nature paintings
and kids' artwork on the environment (for samples, see: www.riverofwords.org)
in contrast to stark photos of polluted waste sites. CLOSE-UP of Botticelli's
Birth of Venus/Primavera at beginning and end of video, weeping . . . 

Who Made This Mess  More info on Three Gorges Dam:  http://irn.org/programs/threeg/
To play midi file [36K] click here. For MP3 music, download here:
 Vocals by Stephanie Lindsay [5 mb], (c) 2000, Tyler Esser, Producer.
 Additional Vocals by Leanne Barker [2 mb], (c) 2000, Tyler Esser, Producer.


Why destroy another forest
Or bleed another river dry
Do we have to learn the hard way
Killing oceans, ozone, blue sky
Spending millions on a missile
While a thousand children cry

It's the waste we're making
From our fuel demand
It's the space we're taking
We're abusing the land
Irreversible damage
It's so despicable
This mess, this mess, unspeakable
Who made this mess

Lord Jesus said to Buddha

How did humans get so lost

Won't they ever get the message

Be of one mind, one faith, one heart

Have compassion for the planet

I already paid the cost




'Thoughts Appear and Disappear Like the Image of a Bird Against the Sky" 

Oil on canvas, 22" x 32"
(c) allanomarra.com
 CAD$1,600 / USD$1,200
 
It's their way of living
That's just killing their health
It's the cars they're driving
As a symbol of wealth
They're polluting their own nest
It's one big death wish
Who made this mess, no animal
Makes such a mess, it's criminal

Only God can paint a redwood
On a natural watershed, but He
Can't regrow an ecosystem in a
Forest already dead - no -
We can't dump in streams and oceans
Thinking everything's fine
That's not the purpose
Of God's design:
It's-not a weapons tester
A trash for plastic toys and
Other hazardous disasters
Absorbing toxic poisons
The Earth is not a junkyard
It's not degradable
Who made this mess, incredible
This great big mess
It's the way we treat the planet

It's our way of wreaking havoc



It's the cars we're driving

As a symbol of wealth

It's the way we're living

It's just killing our health

We're polluting our own nest

It's getting critical

This mess, this mess, so pitiful

Who made this mess, unlivable



It's our way of wreaking havoc

It's the way we trash the planet




'Adam and Eve Watch the Launching of a New Perfume'

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 Untitled Paintings by R. Sockey, rsockey@hotmail.com
Collages and Painting For Sale by Allan O'Marra, aomarra@hotmail.com

 More info on Three Gorges Dam:  http://irn.org/programs/threeg/