"Nature's trophies do not exult but yearn for help."

Nature's trophies do not exult 

but yearn for help. 

Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

Dr Abe V Rotor

The phrase evokes a sense of sadness, longing, and a deep connection between nature and man the subject and the object of the yearning.

 

Driftwood replica of the endangered Philippine Eagle

"Likeness of the giant bird in flight,

         reminiscent of one no longer in sight." - avr

 

Tower ruins made of wood splinters, and deadwood rising to the sky, 

with nature painting background to highlight the theme. 

"Tower of Babel depicted in ruin,

 likened to a high rise building,

 short cut to glory and heaven,

 end of man's lofty dream." - avr

                          Shelf mushrooms crown a dead tree limb against

                                       a mural background. AVR 2026 

"Authentic trophy of Nature,

     indigenous, genuine,

  an adventure in study,

     out of relics and ruin." - avr

 

Mounted giant mussel clam with glass "pearls"; fossil of coral cum snails.

"Shells and corals make the living room

     nature's museum and laboratory;

  move over plastic or any similar kind,

     for the mind to go back to reality." - avr

Shell collection - art and science. LWNC collection

"Art of a child, we may say,

    shells to stars forever;

 relics of the sea on the wall,

    a decor and treasure." - avr 

Left, author (center) holds a driftwood of biblical blackbird, with house

guests holding the likenesses of an Archeopteryx and a Philippine eagle.

The Philippine eagle, also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines.

"Extinct from the living world,

            but not in the mind to behold." - avr

 

Wooden heads of Philippine deer, among vanishing indigenous artifacts. The Philippine deer, also known as the Philippine sambar or Philippine brown deer, is a vulnerable deer species endemic to the Philippines.

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"The past - the present and the future are without,

and the world would be in limbo for naught." - avr

 

Driftwood trophies resembling wildlife creatures, and depicting 

future ruins of high rise buildings.~   

Nature's trophies are all around,

on the street, on the dumpsite,

market and mall, park and playground,

where we keep our waste out of sight. - avr ~