‘Connectedness of all creation’

“Nest” (acrylic, netting, colored sand, papier-mache, wire) by Rhonda Smith, in her show “Say I am You,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through January.

The gallery says:

“Inspired by the work of 12th-century Sufi mystic and poet Rumi, Rhonda Smith seeks to repair humanity and the broken environment. ‘Say I Am You’ draws from the connectedness of all creation to question the truth of society’s predominant model of colonialism, enslavement, and self-serving capitalism that ultimately destroys the natural world. Smith believes that repair lies in referring to mystics and poets like Rumi, who understood that separating ourselves from the universe is the un-making of all that exists.’’

Ms. Smith is based in Boston and in the southern Maine Coast village of Biddeford Pool, which has long attracted artists and summer people.