Using art to showcase humanity's ugliness.

A few years ago, while on a visit to the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, we noticed new art sculptures glistening in the sunshine. Bright art sculptures from the distance.

It was a different story as we got closer.

The sculpture above, named "Priscilla, was sixteen feet long, created by the trash collected from our ocean's beaches. My kids and I stood looking in amazement at the trash that people have the gull to leave behind and the stunning artwork created as a result.

Sadness wrapped in art.

Thousands of volunteers with the Washed Ashore environmental education projects created this traveling art sculpture exhibit. I'm thinking I may volunteer for a future project. Is anyone with me?

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Ellie is a freelance writer and editor from Minnesota. She is writing her first novel, a psychological suspense novel, while finishing her MFA at SNHU.

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