![Lydia is wearing a green tank top and a black floral shirt. She is laying in the space between two rocks where she fits perfectly. Her hair fades from black roots to blue-purple ends and flows into yellow grasses growing between the rocks.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2048,1536,2048,1200/0-0-0/04bb5571-95a0-47f2-bc0b-d7cf2beccaa0/1/1/001_Cheshewalla_Price_EphemeralReliquaries_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=bab2c38e60efb428334adf5a6edbf2e6a43b927a5a12406c5c312201bdaf46e6)
![A circle of yellow flowers sits on a gray sidewalk with a bit of light casting shadows onto it. A yellow plastic chain cuts across the lower half of the image diagonally.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2048,1536,2048,1200/0-0-0/bd03b37d-565e-47ae-bd1b-a6a28cb015e8/1/1/002_Cheshewalla_Price_EphemeralReliquaries_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=bab2c38e60efb428334adf5a6edbf2e6a43b927a5a12406c5c312201bdaf46e6)
![Two shadows reach for each other on the surface of a stone that has a wedge line in it.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2048,1536,2048,1200/0-0-0/6f1610e1-401c-45c6-ae86-5ba9c11f83cb/1/1/003_Cheshewalla_Price_EphemeralReliquaries_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=bab2c38e60efb428334adf5a6edbf2e6a43b927a5a12406c5c312201bdaf46e6)
![Lydia sits in a small nook in a faded sea green building that has a huge crack running down it on one side of her and a large circular anchor ring attached to the wall on her other side.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2048,1536,2048,1200/0-0-0/0228ea27-34d0-47d3-8a12-33c4b88e2e80/1/1/004_Cheshewalla_Price_EphemeralReliquaries_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=bab2c38e60efb428334adf5a6edbf2e6a43b927a5a12406c5c312201bdaf46e6)
![In the fine layer of soil that is the Playa there is a faint path of where a temporary river once flowed. There are a set of footprints that follow in the path of the river. The river and footprints disappear into the horizon.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,1440,1440,1600,1440/0-0-0/f7e5dbff-d34a-4856-9488-84c957cb6187/1/1/75780368-8FBE-428C-AA49-292184739F6F.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=88552aed02f5146891d7ecbf5ec5501cf2e85b418e1e734f3d15f93a924fdf44)
![Sand dollars have been lined up and pressed into the sand which is so wet that it creates a reflection of the sand dollar so that it appears as if the whole sand dollar is visible. The ocean is in the background.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,1440,1440,1600,1440/0-0-0/0c8d44ea-7fb7-4b40-ba99-20ef60259689/1/1/CA5A2730-66BA-4BB4-A7C2-B5F0C0D8E9B5.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=88552aed02f5146891d7ecbf5ec5501cf2e85b418e1e734f3d15f93a924fdf44)
![Lydia lies on her back at the end of a line of white rocks which have been laid down the center of a hiking trail.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,1000,1333,1600,1333/0-0-0/39680d9e-b202-42eb-bbf1-2f21416ff418/1/1/007_Cheshewalla_Price_EphemeralReliquaries.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=805b9a807aa79afd55c982f38cb7d34323f83adde06414a2c4471a53ea23f75e)
![There is a line of tiny glass vials with screw on lids and each one contains a different element from a different place. In one there is charcoal from Presidio, TX. In another there is melted snow from the Donner Pass.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/d0560d46-4f62-4867-9334-41dcc759cc55/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1667,2500,1200/0-0-0/9530d3cf-7a8c-44a3-9ed9-96abf4ac7484/1/1/014_Cheshewalla_ByersGamber_EphemeralReliquaries_EcologicalEmissaries_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037425130~hmac=05d209be70e8071afe872e10874b4c23dfcc567cf614d91266c6c0e800be1600)
An examination of borders, both of the land and of the heart. An exploration of liminality, communication, connection, and kismet. A map of place. A search for Ecological Emissaries.
A collaborative work-in-progress with Jessica Price.
Partially funded by a Creative Projects Grant through the Oklahoma Visual Arts Council, 2019.