• And the Plants Will Set You Free

    Through knowing and using the plants that grow around us—the ones in our backyard, the weeds that resist all efforts to control them, the abundance and diversity of the species in the Cascadian forests—we are more whole, secure and free. What’s right under our feet are, by their very nature, agents of freedom. [Read full post]
  • Design Thinking for the Creative Herbalist

    As herbalists, we are naturally using design processes all the time. Working in the plant and human world for the purpose of healing we are constantly dealing in very complex worlds. I want to push you to go past what you know is comfortable and reimagine your practice so you are doing the wildest, most liberating brilliant work that you can. [Read full post]
  • Aesthetic & Beauty in Practice

    It’s touching the dirt, digging roots, preparing and sipping beautiful garden tea blends, smelling the flowers, having my apothecary full of jars containing gorgeous, whole-leaf herbs. Microwaving a wack bag of herb tea is a completely different game. Authentic botanical practice is a lifestyle that honors the sanctity of life and the ecological patterns around us. It’s how we connect to the larger planetary system. [Read full post]

Category Archives: Art & Other Wonders

Solstice Blessings: Words, Songs & Art for Sharing

This day marks the darkest day of the year, with the Sun pulled back from the Northern hemisphere. To honor this day and the beginning of Winter, I’ve collected some works to share with you.

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Infernal Proteus: A Musical Herbal

The herbalist Karyn Sanders gathered a bunch of artist and music folk to compile an album of songs about plants. This 96-page book contains 40 songs about plants–each from a different artist. Each band chose a plant to compose a song around. From her site: The musical styles cover an equally as diverse spectrum as [...]

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Les Fleurs Animées

Works taken from JJ Grandville’s ‘Les Fleurs Animées‘, 1847 (Via BibliOdyssey).

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The Drawings of Dolorosa de la Cruz

I needed to post about her because I’m crazy about her work. The imagery and aesthetic is very literally exciting and inspiring. I love how simple they can be. But they also open deep and complex doors in my own psyche. They help me remember very old things. It’s why I love them so much. [...]

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Ángela Lergo

By Spanish artist Ángela Lergo. I=stunned. See her website for more glow-ready sculptures…and some wonderful treatments of the human form.

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Nicolás Lamas

Peruvian artist Nicolás Lamas creates intriguing dioramas, mutated anatomical drawings and apocalyptic photoshoots with stuffed n’ propped animal specimens. See more below or on his website. (Via Anthropomorphe)

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Lissy Elle: Wonder Photography

Lissy Elle has a whole flickr set of simple, beautiful and imaginary photographs. This is a collection where I absolutely struggle to choose one favorite, so enjoy an extended selection below…

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Naboland: A Mythical World of Snow & Ice

The art of Fife based, Scottish artist Reinhard Behrens inhabits a mythical world of snow and ice, of eastern mystery, and of found objects and ideas which transcend time and place. This world is called Naboland. See more on the website.

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Tatiana Plakhova: Folk Complexity

By Russian artist Tatiana Plakhova…See more at Behance Network. (Via Feuilleton)

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Mistick Krewe of Comus: 1873 ‘Missing Links’ Parade Costume Designs

PK over at BibliOdyssey just posted some Mardi Gras costume designs. Have a look, consider making one for meee…..

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Ruth Marten

San Francisco-based artist Ruth Marten digitally alters print from 18th-century copper engravings. More delicacies on her website.

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Abigail Rorer: Mimpish Squinnies

Over at Journey Round My Skull: Engravings by Abigail Rorer for Mimpish Squinnies: Reginald Farrer’s Short Guide to Worthless Plants (Lone Oak Press, 2007). Descriptions by Reginald Farrer (1919). Let no one persuade you that the Lady of the Snow is not beautiful, as you see her floating on the darkness of the earth, so dead [...]

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Koen Hauser

The most recent undertaking by this artist is Catharsis, where people are interviewed and placed in their own movie scene, created with green screens and imagery from old books. See his website for many more projects.

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Barry Underwood and the Living Forests

Great Scott! Look at these gorgeous works! He captured the land speaking. I love works that display the integration of cosmos and earth. See more of his rich, color saturated photographs at the Skew Gallery. (Via Feuilleton)

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Amy Ross’ Fairy Rings

Anything with an interspecies theme draws me in for a closer look. It’s what makes me a sucker for warped botanical illustrations. But even if I wasn’t one, Amy Ross’ work would still delight me. Her hybrid creatures are cute, magical, and everything I want to see in my garden this year. See her website for [...]

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