{"id":210,"date":"2021-09-25T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T06:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2021-09-30T23:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T23:29:34","slug":"judith-mills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/meet-the-artists\/judith-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Judith Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The Tree Planter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Cast resin \/ stained <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">with an acrylic paint wash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Obverse: A woman plants a small tree<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Reverse: The fully-grown tree, many years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The inspiration for this medal comes from the old adage &#8211; \u201cThey who plant trees, love others, too.\u201d \u2013 demonstrating that people who labor or give of themselves (even <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">though they may never reap any reward), are true lovers of their fellow man. Out of <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">a desire to give selflessly, they are compelled to leave something behind for the <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">future \u2013 for both animal and man to enjoy \u2013 in this case, the comfort, shade and <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">protection of a tall and beautiful tree. There are many sources from around the <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">world for this old saying &#8211; Roman statesman Cicero, 18th century English physician <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Thomas Fuller, 19th century French theologian Father Hyacinthe Loyson, and <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">proverbs from the Greeks, Turks and Native Americans &#8211; making it not only a <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">concept that dates back through time, but one that is a universal representation of <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">altruism. In light of our urgent need to address climate change now and our concern <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">for the protection and conservation of the earth\u2019s wild spaces, it is an idea that one <\/span><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">hopes will become a driving force in the world again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-458\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/247\/2021\/09\/AI3I4690-e1633044370434-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"218\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/247\/2021\/09\/AI3I4694-e1633044543873-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tree Planter Cast resin \/ stained with an acrylic paint wash. Obverse: A woman plants a small tree Reverse: The fully-grown tree, many years later. The inspiration for this medal comes from the old adage &#8211; \u201cThey who plant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/meet-the-artists\/judith-mills\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":340,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions\/465"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/amsa-medalxibit-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}