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Author Statement: Five years ago I began working on a collection of poems titled Unus Mundus, derived from Marie Louise Von Frantzs description of human union with the one cosmos. In her book, Creation Myths, she writes: This unus mundus is not the cosmos as it exists now, but an idea in Gods psyche. When I began this manuscript, I was interested in exploring how we as a species have moved beyond searching for a union with the cosmos in the spiritual senseand understanding ourplace within itto the desire to conquer its mysteries and exploit its resources. As a science writer who has come to be known as an eco-poet, I am acutely aware of the danger, as Heidegger states, of becoming enframed by technologyor not only being reliant upon it, but subservient to it. Yet I am also captivated by how the language of science and technology has seeped into mainstream use, mutating and multiplying vocabulary. How the concepts and discoveries of science fuel our hopes and fears. And how poetry can explore, challenge and celebrate science. As a writer who has returned to the prairies, I am also enthralled with the colours, scents, textures, light, space, and sky of this place. It is a landscape that has inspired my work creatively and thematically. Like artists and writers Marian Penner Bancroft, Sharon Butala and Simon Schama, I am interested in how landscape shapes our personal histories in memory and physical experience. And how this sense of place informs onesdaily life and creative work.
Mari-Lou Rowley has published eight collections of poetry, most recently Suicide Psalms (Anvil Press), which was shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Book Award, and Transforium (JackPine Press) in collaboration with visual artist Tammy Lu. Her work has appeared internationally in literary, arts and science-related journals including the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics and Aesthetica Magazines Creative Works Competition anthology. She is currently pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in new media, neuroplasticity and empathy.