Éireann, I love this post SO much. I hadn't seen either of these works before, and I appreciate reading your thoughts and the comparisons you make. I have a love affair with the moments in everyday life, and weeds are such a huge part of that magic - to imagine someone so far away and so long ago experiencing and capturing that, and that you and I would be having a digital conversation about it after so much time has passed and still appreciating the same things? Wild. :)
I love that this brought them to you, Sherrie! And it's exactly that that makes me so attached to The Great Piece of Turf—Dürer looked at the exact kinds of plants that make up *my* everyday surroundings...which means I don't have to go out of my way for beauty, I just have to look closely at what's right at hand. Thanks so much for reading.
"not rare but shared, a human thing to make." Love this very much (and the whole essay really).
thanks so much, Kasey.
Éireann, I love this post SO much. I hadn't seen either of these works before, and I appreciate reading your thoughts and the comparisons you make. I have a love affair with the moments in everyday life, and weeds are such a huge part of that magic - to imagine someone so far away and so long ago experiencing and capturing that, and that you and I would be having a digital conversation about it after so much time has passed and still appreciating the same things? Wild. :)
I love that this brought them to you, Sherrie! And it's exactly that that makes me so attached to The Great Piece of Turf—Dürer looked at the exact kinds of plants that make up *my* everyday surroundings...which means I don't have to go out of my way for beauty, I just have to look closely at what's right at hand. Thanks so much for reading.