Join us for the Louisville Grows 15th Anniversary + the Re-Opening of the Louisville Grows Healthy House Gallery
Showing the work of Karen Boone & Rachel Singel
“The guidelines for the honorable harvest are not written down, or even consistently spoken of as a whole. They're reinforced by small acts of daily life. But if you were to list them it might l ok something like this. Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them. Introduce yourself, be accountable as the one who comes asking for life. Ask permission before taking, abide by the answer. Never take the first. Never take the last. Take only what you need. Take only that which is given. Never take more than half. Leave some for others. Harvest in a way that minimizes harm. Use it respectfully, never waste what you have taken. Share. Give thanks for what you have been given, give a gift for what you have taken, sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Art as artifact of performance
the performance being an intangible, ritualistic commitment to a sustainable, reciprocal relationship with the natural world
The performance within a process of sourcing and breaking down found organic material
an intentional act of care
one that requires and prompts reflection
and initiates a reverence toward all the world offers to us
and that we may harvest without transaction