Emotional turbulence. Sturm und drang. Politicians and poseurs sucking up airtime and flooding our in-boxes. Drowning out truth, facts, and nuance. Withholding respect for the powerless and the planet. Denying the dignity of all peoples. Laboriously, I built up a torrent of my stash--and trash--onto gray canvas: plastic and mesh bags, window screening, a coffee mug sleeve, grandpa's ties, denim jeans, old zippers, dressmaker notions and trims, tea bag packaging, cheesecloth, mushroom “leather."