From one comes many.
This Ficus altissima tree, was planted in 1935 in tribute to the Keepers who had lived at the Jupiter lighthouse. in Jupiter Florida. One single plant spread itself outward into many, here is a view of it's root system, one up close and the from a distance.
in an ideal world this is what i would look like:
–Palestinian poet and editor of Mizna, George Abraham.
Thymiaterion (incense burner) with group of women seated around a well head
Greek (Tarentine), Classical Period, second half of the 4th cent. B.C.
terracotta
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saype, born Guillaume Legros, is a French artist living in Bulle, Switzerland. A self-taught artist, Saype’s giant biodegradable artworks adorn fields, are best seen by drones and last only days. The artist is represented by MTArt Agency since 2018. Beginning his career as a young graffiti artist, Saype’s work quickly gained recognition and became highly sought after, resulting in him landing his first gallery exhibition at age 16. Saype is a pioneer of the land art movement, focusing upon large scale biodegradable paintings with strong social messages.
Using 100% biodegradable paint composed of water, chalk, coal and casein, Saype’s ephemeral land artwork disappears after a month due to regrowth of the grass it is painted upon, the weather and the passage of visitors. With each project he completes, his recognition grows, capturing the attention of those on social media as well as landing extensive global media coverage. Career highlight for Saype have included gaining thanks from the Swiss President, Doris Leuthard, for the social vision of his art, in 2017, and following that in 2018, the publication of his book, ‘Green Art’, which highlights the innovative qualities of the biodegradable paint Saype has created.
“Students worry about choosing their way. I always tell them, ‘you can go anywhere from anywhere.’”
— Anni Albers, from Material as Metaphor (1982)
BRENDAN FRASER accepts the award for ‘Best Actor’ at the 28th Critics Choice Awards (January 15, 2023)
The Frewen Cup, an engraved Nautilus shell set in silver gilt mounts, by John Plummer, England, c. 1650
“I read the poem of a student and in the poem God wandered through a room picking up random objects – a pear, a vase, a shoe – and in bewilderment said, ‘I made this?’. Apparently God had forgotten making anything at all. I awarded this poem a prize, because I was a judge of such matters. I was not really awarding the student, I was awarding God; I knew someday the student would pick up his old poem and say in bewilderment, ‘I made this?’, and at that moment his whole world would be lost in the twilight, and when you are finally lost in the twilight you can not judge anything.”
— “On Twilight,” Mary Reufle
the inherent pain of wanting to start again but also the inherent joy of getting to start again