tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
tobacco brown: ماذا علمتني الحديقة عن الحياة
TED Resident tobacco brown is a social artist working at the public intersection of environmental art and restorative justice. Full bio
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وجدت حديقة
leftover patches of linoleum
وراء بقع متروكة من الشمع
my mother was having removed.
كانت أمي قد أزالتها.
when the garden caught my attention.
عندما انتبهت للحديقة.
of embroidered roses
بأشكال الورود المطرزة
مشَاهِد لطفولتي.
a sense of joy and adventure.
الفرحة والمغامرة.
a feeling to go forward
مثل شعور المضي قدما
started at that exact moment.
بدأت في نفس اللحظة.
I ran so fast through the house,
ركضت بسرعة من خلال المنزل،
and my grey plaid wool hat
الأحمر القصير وقبعة الصوف الرمادية
on a fresh carpet of grass.
على سجادة العشب الأخضر.
and flipped three more cartwheels
ودرت في الهواء ثلاث مرات أخرى
of bittersweet lemonade
with sprigs of mint
and textures of her garden.
have healed all the way from her halo
من طريقة قداستها
anywhere in the world
إلى أي مكان في العالم
وانا أزرع حدائقها
throughout the world,
عبر العالم،
parks and courtyards,
الأفنية والحدائق،
in blighted lots off the street.
وتركت علامات في كثير من الشوارع.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
hydrangea and lemon balm
وبلسم الكوبية والليمون
to all six floors.
الى كل الطوابق الستة.
Frederick Douglass High School
fed an entire community
تغذي مجتمع باكامله
during the Great Depression.
خلال الكساد الكبير.
at Court Square Park --
زرعت في كورت سكوير بارك --
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
الكبيرة الأوراق
that planting and growing a garden
والاعتناء بها
begins in the spring,
تبدأ في الربيع،
وتبدأ من جديد.
the dead leaves,
and the proper nutrients
والتغذية المناسبة
on the surface.
beautiful blooms in life
في الحياة
of living a life of grace.
من عيش حياة منعمة.
that another tree is sick,
أن شجرة أخرى مريضة،
of their nutrients to that tree
about what will happen to them
أن يحدث لهم خلال ذلك
أثناء القيام بهذا العمل
to other trees that need it the most.
إلى الأشجار الأخرى التي بحاجتها
we are all connected by our roots
نحن جميعا مرتبطون بجذورنا
that we can honestly grow.
نستطيع حقا أن ننمو.
in the garden of hardship.
في حديقة المشقة.
into a chrysalis,
إلى شرنقة،
the confines of the cocoon,
can't strengthen its wings.
أن تقوي أجنحتها،
without ever taking flight.
دون أن تطير.
human connectivity into the garden.
من خلال الحديقة.
for this transformation.
لهذا التحول.
waiting to be born.
تنتظر الولادة
into our waking lives.
في حياتنا اليقظة.
all you've been given.
living deep inside of you.
يعيش عميقا داخلك.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
tobacco brown - Social artistTED Resident tobacco brown is a social artist working at the public intersection of environmental art and restorative justice.
Why you should listen
tobacco brown paints the landscape with the authentic medium of flora and fauna. She initiates living art installations from nature's products and materials with the intention of creating a collective consciousness that results in liberated and healthy communities, focusing on art as a tool for blight remediation and therapeutic healing.
brown has created social environmental art sculptures and installations for public art, permaculture for resilient community projects and blight remediation that results in the restorative healing from socio-political inequalities. She received her BFA in 1978 at Memphis State University in communications design. She continued to study at School of Visual Arts, when selected by portfolio to study with Milton Glaser. During those SVA years, she also studied advertising design at DDB+O, Young and Rubicam and Mary Wells in invitational classes at professionals home in New York City.
brown currently travels between New York City, nature sites, art residencies and communities that seek and promote healing and continuity. She believes that nature principles when amplified can impact the behavior of global cultures.
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