{"id":111,"date":"2024-10-25T08:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2024-10-25T14:46:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:46:05","slug":"the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/the-little-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cal Bryer<br \/><strong><em>The Little Things<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the magnificence of our planet\u2019s natural beauty, its minute contributors can be forgotten. People, too, can be brushed aside if they do not easily fit societal molds. Bryer reminds us that the size or ability of an organism does not dictate the importance of its role, capacity for power, or worthiness of attention. In acknowledging all participants, we can treat each living being with more care, passion, and equity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-966x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A framed set of four photographs. Top left shows coral-like fungi, top right is small violet flowers, bottom left is a single mushroom, bottom right is a close up of a green leaf.\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-966x1024.jpg 966w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-1449x1536.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-1933x2048.jpg 1933w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2024\/10\/The-Little-Things-1568x1662.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Artist Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, nature is perceived in the public eye as these grand destinations that elicit great awe and are vast in the space they preserve. This can often promote an expectation that our natural environments are isolated and expensive to immerse in. This type of thinking is dangerous, not just for the little natural spaces that can be found throughout human development in danger of being trampled by us\u2014 but also for those living far away from these destinations where it is easy to feel isolated from the environment which has always facilitated our growth. Identifying the little things in nature has always been important to me as a way to see the beauty in the different scales of the ecology of our natural world. As someone on the autism spectrum who finds trouble establishing themselves socially, feeling insignificant is something I\u2019m familiar with. Yet, these hidden features of nature often overlooked in the pursuit of nature\u2019s \u201ctrue\u201d grandeur can reveal so much beauty, awe, and inspiration that we sometimes wonder why we ever walked past them in the first place. In looking for what is considered to be hidden and insignificant, we can promote empathy and passion by more creatively loving the little things nature offers, and flip our relationship with spaces of nature into a more equitable one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/2024-2025-inclusive-arts-initiative-gallery\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"91\">2024\/2025 Inclusive Arts Initiative Gallery &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cal BryerThe Little ThingsPhotography Within the magnificence of our planet\u2019s natural beauty, its minute contributors can be forgotten. People, too, can be brushed aside if they do not easily fit societal molds. Bryer reminds us that the size or ability of an organism does not dictate the importance of its role, capacity for power, or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/the-little-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Little Things&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8512,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}