tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
табако браун (tobacco brown): Шта ме је баштованство научило о животу
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.
који је моја мама уклањала.
when the garden caught my attention.
када је башта привукла моју пажњу.
of embroidered roses
за шаре извезених ружа
мог детињства.
a sense of joy and adventure.
a feeling to go forward
као осећај да се иде напред
started at that exact moment.
је почела тачно у том тренутку.
I ran so fast through the house,
брзо сам трчала кроз кућу,
and my grey plaid wool hat
и сиву карирану вунену капу
да обуче јакну.
врата са комарником
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
и направила још три звезде
на ноге поред ње.
од блата у цветној башти.
of bittersweet lemonade
ледене горко-слатке лимунаде,
with sprigs of mint
да ми расхлади стопала.
and textures of her garden.
боје и текстуре из своје баште.
have healed all the way from her halo
лечили све од њеног ореола
разговора пре њене смрти,
anywhere in the world
на било које место на свету
throughout the world,
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
па чак и на уништеним поседима дуж улица.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
у Центру за дизајн Стилверк,
hydrangea and lemon balm
хортензија и матичњак протезали
to all six floors.
до свих шест спратова.
„Филозофову башту“,
Frederick Douglass High School
средњој школи „Фредерик Даглас“
fed an entire community
нахранила је целу заједницу,
during the Great Depression.
током Велике депресије.
at Court Square Park --
у парку Корт сквер -
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
миришљавих флорибунда
that planting and growing a garden
да је сађење и брига о башти
begins in the spring,
the dead leaves,
and the proper nutrients
правилно помешају у земљишту.
доток ваздуха горњем делу тла
on the surface.
beautiful blooms in life
нећете добити то лепо цвеће
посао баш како треба.
уравнотежене нашом бригом,
of living a life of grace.
који се живи испуњен милошћу.
that another tree is sick,
да је друго дрво оболело,
of their nutrients to that tree
about what will happen to them
о томе шта ће се њима догодити
to other trees that need it the most.
другом дрвећу којем су најпотребније.
we are all connected by our roots
повезани нашим коренима
једни са другима.
that we can honestly grow.
можемо истински да растемо.
in the garden of hardship.
into a chrysalis,
the confines of the cocoon,
can't strengthen its wings.
не може да ојача своја крила.
without ever taking flight.
а да није ни полетео.
human connectivity into the garden.
људску повезаност у башту.
for this transformation.
за овај преображај.
waiting to be born.
која чека да се роди.
into our waking lives.
у наше животе док смо будни.
all you've been given.
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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