tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
tobacco brown: Bahçıvanlık bana hayat hakkında neler öğretti
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
muşamba parçalarının altında,
my mother was having removed.
when the garden caught my attention.
başka bir şey ile meşguldu.
of embroidered roses
çocukluğumun manzarasında
a sense of joy and adventure.
ve macera duygusu kapladı.
a feeling to go forward
started at that exact moment.
işte tam o an başladı.
I ran so fast through the house,
and my grey plaid wool hat
kırmızı çizgili kadife kazağımı
on a fresh carpet of grass.
and flipped three more cartwheels
ve annemin yanına uzanmadan önce
of bittersweet lemonade
bir limonatayla ödüllendirdi
with sprigs of mint
ayakkabılarımı nane dallarıyla astarladı.
and textures of her garden.
ve sevgiyle besledi.
have healed all the way from her halo
tomurcuklar onun halesinden
köklere uzanmışlardı.
anywhere in the world
herhangi bir yere gitmem
sanat enstalasyonları aracılığı ile
throughout the world,
bahçelerini ektim.
parks and courtyards,
in blighted lots off the street.
arsaları kaplıyorlar.
at Stilwerk Design Center,
ortanca ve melisaların
hydrangea and lemon balm
to all six floors.
kat boyunca sardığını görürdünüz.
Frederick Douglass High School
fed an entire community
buradaki tüm topluluğu beslemiş
during the Great Depression.
onurlandırılmıştır.
at Court Square Park --
Park'ta da ekim yaptım;
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
that planting and growing a garden
ekmenin ve yetiştirmenin,
aynı süreç olduğunu öğretti.
begins in the spring,
the dead leaves,
and the proper nutrients
havalandırmak önemlidir,
on the surface.
beautiful blooms in life
doğru bir şekilde yapmadan
tomurcukları elde edemeyiz.
of living a life of grace.
güzelliğini hasat edebiliriz
that another tree is sick,
olduğunu kökleri aracılığıyla
of their nutrients to that tree
bir kısmını o ağaca iyileşsin
about what will happen to them
to other trees that need it the most.
en çok ihtiyacı olan diğer ağaçlara verir.
we are all connected by our roots
birbirimize bağlıyız
besinlerimizi paylaşıyoruz.
that we can honestly grow.
gerçekten büyüyebiliriz.
in the garden of hardship.
insanlar için de bu aynıdır.
into a chrysalis,
the confines of the cocoon,
ve yeni oluşmuş bir kelebek olarak
can't strengthen its wings.
without ever taking flight.
human connectivity into the garden.
entegre edilebileceğini göstermek.
for this transformation.
büyülü irfanla doludur.
waiting to be born.
bekleyen yaratıcı enerjidir.
into our waking lives.
yansımalarını aksettiriren aynalardır.
yanlarınızı besleyin,
all you've been given.
bahşedilenlere minnet duyun.
olmaya devam edin.
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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