Water. It is on her example that we can most clearly see the effects of the climate crisis. Poland is one of the poorest countries in the European Union in terms of water. Due to the drainage of wetlands in the second half of the 20th century and the regulation of rivers, water retention in Poland is insufficient.

Looking at large rivers, we often miss the smallest ones, whose waters flow in the channels of the largest ones. One of such rivers is Żeleźnikowski Potok. It is only 7 km long. It has its source in the Beskid Sądecki and ends its course in the Poprad River, with which it flows into the Dunajec and with it into the Vistula and further towards the Baltic Sea. The initial course begins in the forest mountains, where it flows out as a small trickle and slowly, flowing downwards, it grows and gains in size. Its presence on the maps is symbolic and limited to a drawn thin blue line, and in satellite images it reveals its presence only through the vegetation growing along it.

"The ecological crisis is primarily a crisis of the imagination," wrote Lawrence Buell. People disown information about the climate crisis, thinking that it is a problem of far regions of the world that are flooded or deserted. We don't seem to notice how close we are to the visible effects and problems related to the climate crisis. Research also says that scaring people with the coming apocalypse is counterproductive. Instead of wondering how to help and what they can do, people assume that once it's all over, there's nothing we can do. This leads to apathy and denial of own agency in this matter. Based on these two assumptions, I decided to adopt a different strategy than showing the threat hanging over us. During my trips along the creek, I decided to present it as an example of what we still have, but it is not certain for how long. My goal is to stimulate the audience's imagination, not only in terms of threats, but also opportunities.