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Only footprints is a comment on how the human occupation of nature inherently begins to destroy it. The inspiration for the work came when I was hiking in a state park and the sounds of the other hikers drowned out the natural sounds around me. The installation itself consists of a projection, live audio, and a lawn chair housing a light sensor. The audio component of the work uses recordings of birdcall/song from three extinct (or presumed extinct) birds, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman's Warbler, and the Kaua'i'ō'ō, all of whose extinctions were influenced by loss of habitat to either climate change or direct destruction by humans. The video component consists of a computer generated image of a forest scene with a small brook running through it. When an audience member walks through the space there is only ambient birdsong, but when an audience member “occupies" the space by sitting in the lawn chair the projection and audio will begin to progressively distort. When the audience member exits the seat, the scene will immediately revert to its ambient state. The work's title comes from the common hiking/camping axiom "leave only footprints", meaning to have the only evidence of your excursion be the footprints you leave, not trash or destruction of the natural habitat.