Art That Breathes
Where Art and Herbalism intersect (Art, Nature, Mysticism, Women)
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Exquisite Correspondence: The Art of Sending Something (opens the original)
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There is a particular sweetness to walking up the dirt road to find a handwritten letter or card in the mailbox. Among the bills, flyers, and other assorted necessities of daily life, there it is: something chosen, written, and sent specifically for me.I’ve always loved postcard/art swaps! In our increasingly digital world, the act of sending something by post feels almost radical in its slowness. And with the increasing price of postage. Someone has thought of us, taken out a piece of paper, fo
How to inherit imperfectly (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about inheritance. Not the kind that comes in a will, but the things we inherit simply by being alive at this time: ideas, traditions, stories, techniques, people we admire, books that shape us, and ways of seeing the world.And what happens when we discover that some of the people and traditions we have inherited are far more complicated than we once understood? This post will likely leave you with more questions than answers. I’m not sure there are any neat or fo
What the Wind Carries (opens the original)
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You have all been asking me about my thesis, and whether I am going to publish it here on Substack. I honestly don’t know the answer to that question yet.What I do know is that my Substack has become the place where I make field notes from the thinking that eventually becomes the thesis. These essays are where I follow the threads, wander down the side paths, notice the moss and see what keeps returning, and sometimes discover that something I thought was a small idea is actually connected to a
Mending (opens the original)
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Art that Breathes: (opens the original)
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