tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
tobaccu brown: Ce m-a învățat grădinăritul despre viață
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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am găsit o grădină
leftover patches of linoleum
resturilor de linoleum
my mother was having removed.
pe care mama o schimba.
when the garden caught my attention.
când grădina mi-a captat atenția.
of embroidered roses
de trandafir brodat
a sense of joy and adventure.
un sentiment de bucurie și aventură.
a feeling to go forward
de a merge mai departe
started at that exact moment.
au început în acel moment.
I ran so fast through the house,
am fugit așa de repede prin casă,
and my grey plaid wool hat
și pălăria de lână
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
și am făcut trei tumbe
în straturile de flori.
of bittersweet lemonade
ca gheața de limonadă dulce-amară
with sprigs of mint
cu crenguțe de mentă
and textures of her garden.
grădinii ei.
întregi de oameni
have healed all the way from her halo
totul, de la aura ei
înainte de moartea ei,
anywhere in the world
throughout the world,
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
întunecate ale străzii.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
la Centrul de Design Stilwerk,
hydrangea and lemon balm
hortensia și melisa
to all six floors.
pe toate cele șase etaje.
Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass
fed an entire community
hrănea o comunitate întreagă
during the Great Depression.
în timpul Marii Crize.
at Court Square Park --
în parcul Court Square:
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
that planting and growing a garden
că plantarea și creșterea unei grădini
ca și crearea vieții noastre.
begins in the spring,
the dead leaves,
and the proper nutrients
și că nutrienții adecvați
stratul superior
on the surface.
la suprafață.
beautiful blooms in life
sunt echilibrate cu grijă,
of living a life of grace.
unei vieți pline de har.
that another tree is sick,
lor că un alt copac e bolnav,
of their nutrients to that tree
acelui copac
about what will happen to them
dacă ei vor păți ceva
to other trees that need it the most.
care au mai mare nevoie de ei.
we are all connected by our roots
suntem toți conectați de rădăcini
that we can honestly grow.
putem crește cu adevărat.
in the garden of hardship.
în grădina greutăților.
into a chrysalis,
the confines of the cocoon,
can't strengthen its wings.
întări aripile.
without ever taking flight.
fără a zbura vreodată.
human connectivity into the garden.
conexiunea umană cu grădina.
for this transformation.
magică pentru această transformare.
waiting to be born.
așteptând să fie născută.
into our waking lives.
în viețile noastre.
all you've been given.
living deep inside of you.
în adâncul vostru.
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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