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In the Forest Garden Selected Works

Fig Tree


2021
Single channel 
colour HD video
stereo sound
Duration: 3’17”
Location: Forest Garden, Suffolk
“Trees are an invitation to think about time and to travel in it the way they do, by standing still and reaching out and down.” In response to Rebecca Solnit, I answer the imagined invitations from various of my trees in the forest garden. This is a Brown Turkey fig tree whose large leaves rustle and wave invitingly in the slightest breeze.
the garden embraces my thoughts
the trees wrap my sadness
hide my scars
distract and heal and absorb me
lure me into their underground conversations
I tangle with their branches
sway with their gentle dance
nourish the soil
in harmonious exchange

here, i can dwell
in safety

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