I Love My Native Land

Original acrylic on canvas by Andrew Gault

40x40cm unframed

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I have never owned land, few people do, but that does not matter, how can you truly own something which existed before you and will continue to do so long after you’re gone?

“Who owns this landscape? –
The millionaire who bought it or
the poacher staggering downhill in the early morning
with a deer on his back?

Who possesses this landscape? –
The man who bought it or
I who am possessed by it?

False questions, for
this landscape is
masterless
and intractable in any terms
that are human.”