We do art for the earth because we are the earth. We are part of a sweeping wave of change touching artists and non-artists alike. I love the earth. I have seen her through the eyes of a river, and a river is the eye of the earth. They feed each other, or connect through currents of invisible energy, memory carriers of the interconnection of all life.
People function in the same way.
One way to activate these currents is through ritual. Rituals are icons of connections, they are the art of our lives.