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| Friday, April 17, 2015 |
The preparation for an interactive project can be just as rewarding for me as the event itself. Last Friday evening, I was alone in a parking lot, happily tying bundles of tall grasses from the parking medians with twine, and then cutting the bundles, just above the new green tips of growth.
This was for a project coming up called "Braiding In" where I will lead an inter-generational art activity for members of a church to meditate on human/earth community. They will work together to braid last years' grasses together with bright, spring-colored raffia to make a decoration for the church garden.
The event will be one of many activities going on to honor Earth Day. The native grasses, are part of a sustainable landscaping strategy on the site and represent both the members' commitment to the earth, and also - in this project - the cycle of the seasons and the way new life draws from - and is folded into - life that came before.
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| Last year's native grasses |
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| Tied with one string, the bundles collapse after cutting. |
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Tied with two strings,
the bundles stay together after cutting |
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| Harvested grass bundles |
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| Trimmed grasses, waiting for new growth. |
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