Valerie Farrugia
Feeling the Biophilia, 2021
Oil paint on wood

Feeling the Biophilia explores climate change through the lens of an altered state of
consciousness. What if we had to move to Mars because we destroyed Earth? How would our
view of nature change? I am exploring the connection between nature and humans. Once we lose
something, we tend to appreciate it even more. I believe that would happen with nature and our
connection to it would get much deeper and intimate. Biophilia is the desire to connect to nature
in an intimate way. It is true that we need nature and our environment physically to live, but it is
also true that we need nature spiritually and emotionally.