i am taking a page from de vries and removing capital letters from my work for the next week. it will be an interesting personal experience - already finding myself struggling to put aside this ingrained habit just 2 sentences in. the combination of botany, poetry and creation of art does not seem far-fetched at all when reading this article. i am interested in his theory that nothing happens by chance - all is simply a reaction to various stimuli input. very interesting theory!
"beauty counts" and "paradise garden" - what a lovely phrases to keep in mind. and the concept that a garden could be "peopled" by making it so beautiful that a person is compelled to stop. while i love gardening, i have never framed it in quite that way. lovely. and the mental image of artis alan gussow's slit canvas garden walls will stay with me. and i, too, will try to remember to step back and breathe.
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lois,
ReplyDeleteyou pick some lovely pieces out yourself. The two are different ways of getting at a kind of practice that depends on the here and now, without filters. I'm glad you will work on breathing.
C