tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
tobacco brown: Mit tanultam kertészként az életről?
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
my mother was having removed.
when the garden caught my attention.
amikor felfigyeltem a kertre.
of embroidered roses
a hímzett rózsamintákról,
gyerekkorom tájait.
a sense of joy and adventure.
és kalandvágy töltött el.
a feeling to go forward
mintha belevetném magam
started at that exact moment.
szenvedélyes kapcsolatom a kerttel.
I ran so fast through the house,
végignyargaltam a házon,
and my grey plaid wool hat
kertésznadrágomat és szürke skót sapkámat,
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
és még három cigánykereket vetettem,
a virágágyásban.
of bittersweet lemonade
limonádéval kedveskedett,
with sprigs of mint
mentaágacskákkal,
and textures of her garden.
és formáival főzött.
have healed all the way from her halo
anywhere in the world
throughout the world,
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
burjánzanak.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
hydrangea and lemon balm
hortenzia és citromfű
to all six floors.
a panorámaliftek mentén.
Frederick Douglass High School
Gimnáziumnál virágzik
fed an entire community
közösséget nevelt fel,
during the Great Depression.
Eleanor Roosevelt is meglátogatta.
at Court Square Park --
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
that planting and growing a garden
hogy a kertültetés és -gondozás
begins in the spring,
és valami újat kezdünk.
the dead leaves,
a télről maradt száraz avart,
and the proper nutrients
hogy a szükséges tápanyagokat
a termőtalajt,
on the surface.
beautiful blooms in life
egyensúlyban kertünket,
of living a life of grace.
that another tree is sick,
hogy a társuk beteg,
of their nutrients to that tree
about what will happen to them
to other trees that need it the most.
a többieknek, akiknek jobban kell.
we are all connected by our roots
mindannyiunkat összekötnek,
that we can honestly grow.
ha összegyűlünk.
in the garden of hardship.
a megpróbáltatások kertjében.
into a chrysalis,
a megpróbáltatásnak.
the confines of the cocoon,
can't strengthen its wings.
megerősíteni a szárnyait.
without ever taking flight.
még mielőtt szárnyra kapna.
human connectivity into the garden.
az emberi kapcsolatrendszert a kertbe.
for this transformation.
mágikus bölcsessége járja át.
waiting to be born.
mely arra vár, hogy megszülessen.
into our waking lives.
all you've been given.
az élettől kapott ajándékokat.
hogy gyógyíthassanak.
együttérzésüket.
a magokat a jövőnek.
living deep inside of you.
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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