Pine (Remembering Andrew Sie), by Thomas Allen, 2009
Not much happening on the garden front, so I thought I would share art stuff. Tom’s got a portfolio in the January issue of Harper’s.
You can see more of his work here.
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--from an essay in "The Long-Legged House""The word agriculture, after all, does not mean "agriscience," much less "agribusiness." It means "cultivation of land." And cultivation is at the root of the sense both of culture and of cult. The ideas of tillage and worship are thus joined in culture. And these words all come from an Indo-European root meaning both "to revolve" and "to dwell." To live, to survive on the earth, to care for the soil, and to worship, all are bound at the root to the idea of a cycle. It is only by understanding the cultural complexity and largeness of the concept of agriculture that we can see the threatening diminishments implied by the term "agribusiness."
"Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating."
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Wasn’t this picked up by Mark Frauenfelder over at Boing Boing a while back? If your husband has been Boinged, I’d say he’s famous! Cool stuff!
very cool
How very wonderful! I enjoy both your husbands artworks and your writing and pictures. Have been lurking and reading for a while now…
This is always so cool. I still like the snow, too.
I’ve been meaning to tell you that Cranky went bonkers over the portfolio, and he didn’t even know your husband is a blog friend-in-law of mine.
I was saddened to see that the pulp fiction theme has come to an end. What next?
Kate, yeah, I think he was (had to look it up)! He shows up in all kinds of things, just thought this particular Harper’s was good because they’re acknowledging “the end” of his book fetish.
Ed, thanks!
Alison, you’re no art slouch yourself. And: I figured out how to turn the snow off!
Stefani, thanks. And, hah, no more snow. Got enough of the real stuff now!
Hah, that is so funny about Cranky, CC. I have no idea what is next. In fact, some folks at the NY show were really on me to spill but I pulled the whole water-boarding thing off well as frankly I have not a clue, no matter how much I was tortured. Seriously. He’s keeping it close to the vest.