I spent all my time at school in the library. Bad teachers can teach you to learn on your own.

If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how people were depicted inside nature, not outside it. It was a kind of dream time. That's what I'm exploring.

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others - both human and animal.

Every culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express their relationship with nature. Ashes and Snow is a 21st-century bestiary filled with species from around the world. Nature’s orchestra includes not just Homo sapiens but elephants, whales, manatees, eagles, cheetahs, orangutans, and many others.

I have invented nothing. I have simply documented a magical alchemy that I want to share.

My imagination has always been inspired by nature’s vision

I spent all my time at school in the library. Bad teachers can teach you to learn on your own.