tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
Tobacco Brown: Ce que le jardinage m'a appris sur la vie
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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j'ai découvert un jardin,
leftover patches of linoleum
vieilles plaques de linoleum
my mother was having removed.
avait demandé d'enlever.
when the garden caught my attention.
quand le jardin a attiré mon regard.
of embroidered roses
sur les images de roses brodées,
du paysage de mon enfance.
a sense of joy and adventure.
une sensation de joie et d'aventure.
a feeling to go forward
d'aller de l'avant,
started at that exact moment.
ont commencé à ce moment précis.
I ran so fast through the house,
je courais si vite à travers la maison,
and my grey plaid wool hat
et mon chapeau en laine gris à carreaux,
n'ait mis son manteau.
on a fresh carpet of grass.
sur le tapis frais du gazon.
and flipped three more cartwheels
et faisais trois roulades
dans le parterre de fleurs.
of bittersweet lemonade
de limonade bien froide,
menthe dans mes chaussures
with sprigs of mint
and textures of her garden.
et textures de son jardin.
et des courges,
toute une génération
et des légumes verts.
have healed all the way from her halo
avaient tout guéri, de son halo
tout juste avant sa mort,
anywhere in the world
n'importe où dans le monde,
je plante ses jardins
throughout the world,
partout dans le monde,
parks and courtyards,
dans des parcs et des cours,
in blighted lots off the street.
dans des terrains vagues.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
au Centre de Design Stilwerk,
hydrangea and lemon balm
les hortensias et la mélisse
to all six floors.
jusqu'au sixième étage.
le « Jardin des Philosophes »,
Frederick Douglass High School
du lycée Frederick Douglas
fed an entire community
toute une communauté
during the Great Depression.
pendant la Grande Dépression.
at Court Square Park --
j'ai planté à Court Square Park :
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
délicieusement parfumées
that planting and growing a garden
planter et s'occuper d'un jardin
de la création de nos vies.
begins in the spring,
commence au printemps,
et partez de zéro.
the dead leaves,
d'enlever les feuilles mortes,
and the proper nutrients
on the surface.
beautiful blooms in life
de jolies fleurs
votre travail correctement.
soigneusement équilibrés,
of living a life of grace.
de vivre une vie de grâce.
that another tree is sick,
racines, qu'un autre arbre est malade,
of their nutrients to that tree
de leurs nutriments à l'arbre malade
about what will happen to them
à leur propre avenir,
s'ils le font.
to other trees that need it the most.
pour les autres arbres qui en ont besoin.
we are all connected by our roots
tous connectés par nos racines
that we can honestly grow.
que nous pouvons véritablement grandir.
in the garden of hardship.
dans un jardin de difficultés.
into a chrysalis,
transforme en chrysalide,
the confines of the cocoon,
imposées par le cocon,
can't strengthen its wings.
ne peut pas renforcer ses ailes.
without ever taking flight.
sans avoir jamais avoir pris son envol.
human connectivity into the garden.
la connexion humaine avec le jardin.
for this transformation.
magique qui permet cette transformation.
waiting to be born.
qui attend de naître.
into our waking lives.
dans nos vies en éveil.
all you've been given.
tout ce qui vous a été offert.
living deep inside of you.
qui habite votre intérieur profond.
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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