tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
Tobacco Brown: O que a jardinagem me ensinou sobre a 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
atrás de restos de linóleo
my mother was having removed.
tinha mandado retirar.
when the garden caught my attention.
of embroidered roses
aos padrões de rosas bordadas
da paisagem da minha infância.
a sense of joy and adventure.
de alegria e aventura
uma sensação de avançar
a feeling to go forward
started at that exact moment.
começaram naquele preciso momento.
I ran so fast through the house,
corri muito depressa pela casa fora,
and my grey plaid wool hat
e pus o chapéu de xadrez cinza
enfiar o casaco.
fresco de relva.
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
fiz mais três rodas
no canteiro das flores.
of bittersweet lemonade
de limonada gelada
with sprigs of mint
com raminhos de hortelã
com as cores e texturas de seu jardim.
and textures of her garden.
have healed all the way from her halo
curavam tudo, a partir do seu aroma,
antes de ela morrer,
anywhere in the world
a qualquer parte do mundo
em todo o mundo,
throughout the world,
parks and courtyards,
parques e pátios,
degradas da rua.
in blighted lots off the street.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
no Stilwerk Design Center,
a hortênsia e a erva-cidreira
hydrangea and lemon balm
to all six floors.
pelos elevadores de vidro.
Frederick Douglass High School
liceu Frederick Douglass,
alimentou uma comunidade inteira
fed an entire community
durante a Grande Depressão.
during the Great Depression.
at Court Square Park --
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
deliciosamente perfumadas
that planting and growing a garden
que plantar e cultivar um jardim
começa na primavera,
begins in the spring,
e começamos de novo.
the dead leaves,
que se certificar
e os nutrientes adequados
and the proper nutrients
arejar o solo superficial
on the surface.
beautiful blooms in life
se não fizermos o trabalho certo.
são equilibrados com cuidado,
de viver uma vida de encanto.
of living a life of grace.
através das suas raízes,
that another tree is sick,
para essa árvore
of their nutrients to that tree
about what will happen to them
lhes pode acontecer
quando o fazem.
to other trees that need it the most.
para outras árvores
interligados pelas nossas raízes
we are all connected by our roots
uns com os outros.
that we can honestly grow.
que podemos crescer de verdade.
in the garden of hardship.
no jardim das dificuldades.
numa crisálida,
into a chrysalis,
the confines of the cocoon,
não pode fortalecer as suas asas.
can't strengthen its wings.
without ever taking flight.
a borboleta morre sem nunca voar.
a interligação humana no jardim.
human connectivity into the garden.
de sabedoria mágica
for this transformation.
à espera de nascer.
waiting to be born.
into our waking lives.
na nossa vida consciente.
os vossos talentos e forças
all you've been given.
living deep inside of you.
que vive bem dentro de nós.
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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