In the article, the author features artist Alana Bartol and her practice of dowsing, also called water witching and radiesthesia. Also cited are Bartol's integration of the divination form into her art practice, the 2021 group exhibition "Groundwork" by Bartol, Ileana Hernandez Camacho and the author, and Bartol's work on the history of coal and the oil and gas industry in Canada.