My KALTBLUT exclusive editorial is part of an ongoing project about the figure of the Cailleach from Irish mythology that was particularly inspired by a talk given by Manchán Magan at last year's Kinsale Arts Weekend. The Cailleach is an archetypal ‘Mother Earth’ goddess representing our entanglement to nature and the process of life and death. During a recent period spent at home in Ireland, I noticed that many people were talking about this ancient goddess and it seemed she was suddenly returning to the mainstream, giving hope for a renewed entanglement with nature. This drew me to imagining a Mother Earth Goddess of today and what she would feel upon seeing our disrespect and disconnection to nature.

The desert backdrop was used as a metaphor for today's society as an inhospitable environment for what the ‘Mother Earth’ archetype represents, particularly the importance and interconnectedness of all forms of life. This editorial was shot in September and tragically incidents that have taken place since have proven how devastatingly divided we are.