tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
tobacco brown: Ciò che mi ha insegnato il giardinaggio sulla vita
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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scoprii un giardino
leftover patches of linoleum
vecchi pezzi di linoleum
che mia madre stava facendo rimuovere.
my mother was having removed.
when the garden caught my attention.
il giardino catturò la mia attenzione.
of embroidered roses
dal ricamo di rose
della mia infanzia.
a sense of joy and adventure.
di gioia e di avventura.
a feeling to go forward
started at that exact moment.
al giardinaggio cominciarono allora.
I ran so fast through the house,
corsi così veloce per la casa
and my grey plaid wool hat
di velluto a coste
potesse indossare la giacca.
dal portoncino d'ingresso
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
e feci la ruota tre volte
nell'aiuola.
of bittersweet lemonade
gelida e dolceamara
with sprigs of mint
rametti di menta
and textures of her garden.
e le tramature del giardino.
dal baccello violetto.
have healed all the way from her halo
ricevessero energia dalla sua aurea
alle piante dei nostri piedi.
prima che morisse,
anywhere in the world
in qualunque luogo della terra
i suoi orti e i suoi giardini
throughout the world,
in tutto il mondo,
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
e persino su appezzamenti in rovina.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
allo Stilwerk Design Center,
hydrangea and lemon balm
ortensie e melissa
to all six floors.
panoramici per sei piani.
"Il Giardino dei Filosofi",
Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass
fed an entire community
nutrì un'intera comunità
during the Great Depression.
da Eleanor Roosevelt
at Court Square Park --
al Court Square Park
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
dalle deliziose fragranze
that planting and growing a garden
che piantare e coltivare un giardino
delle nostre vite,
begins in the spring,
e si parte da zero.
the dead leaves,
and the proper nutrients
on the surface.
sulla superficie.
beautiful blooms in life
sono equilibrati con cura,
of living a life of grace.
dell'aver vissuto una vita di grazia.
that another tree is sick,
per mezzo delle radici,
of their nutrients to that tree
una parte dei loro nutrienti
about what will happen to them
a cosa potrebbe accadere loro
quando lo fanno.
to other trees that need it the most.
agli alberi che ne hanno più bisogno.
we are all connected by our roots
siamo tutti legati dalle nostre radici
that we can honestly grow.
possiamo crescere veramente.
in the garden of hardship.
nel giardino delle tribolazioni.
into a chrysalis,
si trasforma in crisalide,
the confines of the cocoon,
can't strengthen its wings.
non può rinforzare le ali.
without ever taking flight.
senza nemmeno poter volare.
human connectivity into the garden.
il legame umano al verde.
for this transformation.
grazie a tale trasformazione.
waiting to be born.
che attende di nascere.
into our waking lives.
nelle nostre vite in movimento.
le vostre abilità
all you've been given.
che vi è stato donato.
living deep inside of you.
che vive nel profondo di voi stessi.
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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