Art and Forests

Comment by Mandy Haggith on July 30, 2009 at 1:27pm

Forests

Some are dark hearts full of secrets of enslavement
some dry and dangerous
some alternately fly-infested and freezing
some damp and frail
but all spirit-rich
homes to folk with leaves in their eyes
(and mushrooms in their pockets)
who dream of chasing animals among branching shadows,
for whom the future is a tree-root that presses open rocks of the past,
with whom all stems intertwine,
in whom all saps and bloods and rivers mingle,
under whose power a single bud
becomes an eye, a wing, a soul,
becomes the whole
breathing planet.

Comment by Cathy Fitzgerald on July 30, 2009 at 3:02pm

Hi Mandy
Funny, I was just look at poetry with forestry/ecology type themes last week, you might enjoy this

Comment by Viola Smpson on October 15, 2009 at 10:24am

came across this:
university of the trees is a participatory, international, social sculpture exploring appropriate action through new ways of perceiving trees, forests and our relationship to the world.

http://www.universityofthetrees.org/

new organs of perception informing connective practices:
joined up action is not only about connecting different specialist perspectives; it is also about new forms of perception and thinking that inform outer action

Comment by Cathy Fitzgerald on October 15, 2009 at 10:34am

Thanks Viola

Sounds fascinating and totally agree there needs to be a new vision for forestry, why I work with ecologically minded foresters I suppose like www.prosilvaeurope.org, will read up more about this and thanks so much for sharing,
Cathy

Comment by Cathy Fitzgerald on October 30, 2009 at 12:02pm

I made a new 1 minute film - you might not think its on forests but it is in a way and its part of the Guardian's film competition, so you can vote for it, if you like it

http://www.1minutetosavetheworld.com/2009/10/once-i-counted-birds/

Cathy Fitzgerald

Comment by RSA Projects on October 30, 2009 at 4:55pm

I have!

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