tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
Коричневый табак: Чему садоводство научило меня о жизни
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
изношенного линолеума,
my mother was having removed.
when the garden caught my attention.
моё внимание привлёк этот сад.
of embroidered roses
от орнаментов цветущих роз,
a sense of joy and adventure.
и дух приключений.
a feeling to go forward
меня вперёд
started at that exact moment.
начались именно в тот момент.
I ran so fast through the house,
помчалась через весь дом,
and my grey plaid wool hat
и серую шерстяную шапку
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
и сделала три кувырка «колесом»,
of bittersweet lemonade
горьковато-сладким лимонадом,
with sprigs of mint
веточками мяты,
and textures of her garden.
и текстур своего сада.
и морковь.
have healed all the way from her halo
начиная ореолом матери и заканчивая
anywhere in the world
throughout the world,
по всему миру
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
и даже в заброшенных тупиках.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
в Центре дизайна Стилверк,
hydrangea and lemon balm
гортензия и мелисса
to all six floors.
на всех шести этажах.
Frederick Douglass High School
Средней школе Фредерика Дугласа
fed an entire community
during the Great Depression.
во время Великой депрессии.
at Court Square Park --
я посадила в Корт-сквер парке
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
ароматной флорибунды
that planting and growing a garden
что посадка и выращивание сада
что и создание нашей жизни.
begins in the spring,
the dead leaves,
and the proper nutrients
и нужные питательные вещества
on the surface.
лежать на поверхности.
beautiful blooms in life
те красивые цветы в жизни,
of living a life of grace.
изящной жизни.
that another tree is sick,
что одно из деревьев больное,
of their nutrients to that tree
питательных веществ тому дереву,
about what will happen to them
о том, что станет с ними,
когда это делают.
to other trees that need it the most.
другим нуждающимся деревьям.
we are all connected by our roots
все мы связаны своими корнями
друг с другом.
that we can honestly grow.
мы можем честно расти.
in the garden of hardship.
в саду трудностей.
into a chrysalis,
the confines of the cocoon,
can't strengthen its wings.
не может укрепить свои крылья.
without ever taking flight.
никогда не взлетев.
human connectivity into the garden.
между людьми через сад.
for this transformation.
для этой трансформации.
waiting to be born.
в ожидании своего рождения.
into our waking lives.
в нашу пробуждающуюся жизнь.
и сильные стороны
all you've been given.
всё, что вам было дано.
living deep inside of you.
который живёт глубоко внутри вас.
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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