Baptism in turbulent waters: how I drowned as an artist, and re-emerged as an atheopagan solarpunk
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Abstract
In this paper, I will describe the way my art practice has changed since early 2020 due to integrating my identity using the labels of ‘atheopagan’ and ‘solarpunk.’ I will show examples of my earlier work, in which I found myself reaching for the metaphors of (Christian) religion to convey the sacredness with which I hold the natural world and the process of studying it, and compare those to the atheopagan rituals I have built for myself and others in the last five years.
Presenter Biography
Hanna Coy is an artist and hydrologist based in Arizona. She has provided cover art for small-press poetry books, and been published in literary journals and compilations such as the University of Arizona Geography Department’s “you are here.” She is currently an Atheopagan Cleric.