Man's+Noise+Suffocating+the+Sound+of+Nature

The other night I just finished watching //Pocahontas// and started to wonder what our life would be like had the explorers not discovered the New World. Would there still be a hole in the atmosphere? Would we have to wonder how long our lives can continue like this before there is not enough space and not enough food to support the human population? Would we be able to go hiking in the monuntains, having to hear the faint but persistent sound of speedy tires and honking horns? It is rare these days to find to find a piece of land that has not been effected by the growing chaos around it. Streets plowing through grass plains, buildings being built over habitats for animals, these are all examples of how man is destroying the beauty around them. I decided to have my shoebox art focus on just how much we have affected the nature around us. The panda bear represents animals and plants that are suffering under the destruction and manipulation of man. The ear plugs are the silence he seeks from the noise around him. The rubber bands represent the web that man has enclosed around all that is green and living in the world. The whistle is a symbol of all the horns, sirens, and bells that disrupt nature's rest. The car is a symbol for all the streets and gas stations that pollute this earth including the carbon dioxide that is slowly destroying the atmosphere. The bottles are a synonym for all the people that are constantly being born and living even longer. We have reached carrying capacity and yet, none of the government officials are doing anything about it. The suitcase represents all the airplanes that fly over forests disturbing the peace within the forest. The watch is a symbol of how time is so important to humans; the faster they get things done the better it is in the long run. Behind the web of man is all the nature that is being held back from flowing, from unleashing its true potential.