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World Oceans Day: Inspiring Ugly

Kim Werker June 8, 2010

At last night’s workshop at Plush, one of the participants made a fish – a pretty gnarly looking fish she named Mightia Uglianus. She was inspired by World Oceans Day, which is a UN-designated oceans conservation day held on June 8th every year. Her message is, well, grim:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay_LSXA6Tos

She’s not the first participant to channel her anxiety about the state of our natural world into her creature. Here’s Pam’s video from the workshop last month:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tc2nNcJnAg

Have you channeled your fears, feelings or anxieties into things you create?

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Kim Werker

Kim Werker runs Mighty Ugly. She's a writer and freelance editor whose latest book, Make It Mighty Ugly, is coming in the fall of 2014. Kim tries to make something – anything – every day. Many of those things are awful; some are not. Learn more about her work, teaching schedule and ragtag adventures at kimwerker.com.

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