#selfdirectedresidency

Today at Field // a little sad to find my residency spot like this // some of the toxic ragwort has been removed, but so unceremoniously / careless that this has taken down all of the medicinal plants too // I know from visiting here for over two years that these grasses will recover and regrow in no time // a timely reminder that nothing stays the same for long // much of the grass has been cut elsewhere on the field - it’s all dried up now being a fire hazard // a wake / soar / kettle / husk (all variations on their collective noun!) of six kites are hunting over the mowed fields - a number I’ve never seen here before! They are taking advantage of the disturbance making their prey more accessible - there are mice here for sure, other small animals too perhaps // a reminder to self to write that long overdue post on grasses // moss softness // home made coffee afternoon // #field #selfdirectedresidency #kites #birdsofprey (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CScNxYiokG8WnzW1VrEejf5uGXYgweeg7mFE_E0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // re-centering my tired fibro- body-spirit-mind that welcomes the sun after these long rains // re-reading The Hidden Life of Trees in prep for uprooting the anthropocene symposium next week // hello wood pigeon // 🌞 #symposium #reading #theopen #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRUe-CwFr5Q5HlfiFwtajJtkwsr0qZ-jy2Ro2Q0/?utm_medium=tumblr

it is beginning to smell like evening, and dew settles // at Field // I am reminded of warm bodies and cold bodies in Hildegard Von Bingen’s writing on plants // a Tibetan healer once told me I had a cold body and should eat warm foods // 🍵 #field #selfdirectedresidency (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQy-2ZAFVUvTIItSa_IAHWJuBaS6bcvrGeLAiA0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // a few days ago while at my residency spot I suddenly realised that I did not want anything in that moment. It was a feeling of balance and gratitude, and a kind of freeing emptiness. A restorative feeling, which I can only put down to practicing qi gong and self-observation // Reading Community of Scholars, Community of Teachers by Judith Shapiro // 🌱 #field #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #selfobservation #community #judithshapiro (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlmnGIlvaA0GYwPKUDsklD-Xi9SlIO-WSfrcU0/?utm_medium=tumblr

This weekend at Field // self-directed residency at the Lake Farm Country Park // walking barefoot // Sun-gazing// talking to @artists_for_plants 🌱 learning about Chocó, Colombia and Alberoni Dunes, Venice as places of vital ecological importance // thinking about the impermanence of all living things, shifting landscapes // appreciating and noticing the biodiversity of local places // i have visited this particular spot in Lake Farm Country Park regularly over the past year, and it is visibly a lot richer this season, in both species and numbers // thinking about the affects of human presence on biodiversity and how it can enrich a place rather than deplete, if living in true coexistence // i have made sure to leave no inorganic traces of my being here // earlier this year i planted a young Callisia Fragrans here (following an unsuccessful attempt at the post office - she was meant to go to a new home as part of a plant swap; see blog https://olgmeister.tumblr.com/) - she got devoured almost instantly by the slugs and the snails, while no other plants here show signs of being their food to such extent; this shows how perfectly evolved the cohabitation of species can be even in a place that is so easily overlooked // ☀️ #field #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPgJ0POFSNFgTiZFjC1NdblvrOATOOxgTyoZdA0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Field // 2021 // self-directed residency at the Lake Farm Country Park has begun! noting species // making notes // reading // observing - self and others // listening // engaging with the everyday and the nuanced // reflecting // foraging // practicing embodied ways of knowing // being at Earth pace // 🌱🌏🦋 #field #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPbCR3ZlrSvusL3PncoGYv5XSfPQZfUwZpJJL00/?utm_medium=tumblr