tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
tobacco brown: Lo que la jardinería me enseñó sobre la vida
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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leftover patches of linoleum
abandonados de linóleo
my mother was having removed.
había hecho sacar.
when the garden caught my attention.
cuando el jardín captó mi atención.
of embroidered roses
patrones de rosas bordadas
a sense of joy and adventure.
de alegría y aventura.
a feeling to go forward
como una sensación de avanzar
started at that exact moment.
comenzó en ese mismo momento.
I ran so fast through the house,
corrí rápidamente por la casa,
and my grey plaid wool hat
y mi simple gorra tejida de lana gris
ponerse su abrigo.
de la puerta delantera
on a fresh carpet of grass.
carpeta de césped.
and flipped three more cartwheels
e hice tres volteretas más
en el cantero de flores.
of bittersweet lemonade
de limonada agridulce
with sprigs of mint
con ramas de menta
and textures of her garden.
y texturas de su jardín.
generación de personas
púrpura y verduras.
have healed all the way from her halo
curaron todo el camino desde su halo
de nuestros pies.
antes de su muerte,
anywhere in the world
a cualquier parte del mundo
throughout the world,
a través del mundo,
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
en parcelas deterioradas de la calle.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
en el Centro de Diseño Stilwerk,
hydrangea and lemon balm
las hortensias y la melisa
to all six floors.
los ascensores de vidrio.
el "Jardín de los Filósofos",
Frederick Douglass High School
escuela Frederick Douglas
fed an entire community
a una comunidad completa
during the Great Depression.
durante la Gran Depresión.
at Court Square Park --
Court Square Park planté
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
deliciosamente perfumada
that planting and growing a garden
que plantar y cultivar un jardín
que crear nuestra vida.
begins in the spring,
empieza en la primavera,
y empieza de nuevo.
the dead leaves,
las hojas muertas,
and the proper nutrients
y los nutrientes apropiados
en el suelo.
la capa superior
on the surface.
sobre la superficie.
beautiful blooms in life
hermosas en la vida
el trabajo correctamente.
balanceados con cuidado,
of living a life of grace.
de vivir una vida de gracia.
that another tree is sick,
que otro árbol está enfermo,
of their nutrients to that tree
about what will happen to them
to other trees that need it the most.
los árboles que más lo necesitan.
we are all connected by our roots
conectados por nuestras raíces
entre nosotros.
that we can honestly grow.
podemos crecer sinceramente.
in the garden of hardship.
en el jardín de la adversidad.
into a chrysalis,
en una crisálida,
the confines of the cocoon,
limitaciones del capullo,
can't strengthen its wings.
no puede extender sus alas.
without ever taking flight.
sin siquiera empezar a volar.
human connectivity into the garden.
la conectividad humana en el jardín.
for this transformation.
mágica para esta transformación.
waiting to be born.
creativa esperando nacer.
into our waking lives.
en nuestra vida consciente.
y puntos fuertes
all you've been given.
lo que les ha sido dado.
living deep inside of you.
profundamente dentro suyo.
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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