From the Compost Heap header. A pencil style illustration of a compost heap with flowers and plants growing around it. A bee buzzes by and a white rabbit hops by.
  • Leap Before You Look (2015)

    Leap Before You Look (2015)

    Black Mountain College had an expansive view of art where “artistic exchange” and the “cultural ecosystem” were central. Here are some of my notes from Molesworth’s excellent book Leap Before You Look.

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  • This seems like another potential language for whole to part thinking (gestalt cognitive processing): Paul Jepson and Cain Blythe wrote in “Rewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery,” rewilding pays attention “to the emergent properties of interactions between ‘things’ in ecosystems … a move from linear to systems thinking.” Rewilding: The Radical New Science of […]

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  • I first heard about this concept from Morgan Harper Nichols, “[Digital gardens] are online spaces where you can collect or share information…an organically grown collection of ideas, resources, and thoughts. It’s a place that you can create online that encourages continuous learning, exploration, and growth, much like tending to a physical garden. It’s a living […]

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  • What is a creative ecosystem?

    What is a creative ecosystem?

    What is a creative ecosystem? When I talk about creative ecosystems what I mean is expanding your concept of creativity beyond the act of making. Every part of your lived experience makes up your creative ecosystem. I developed this metaphor to help me build a healthier creative practice. Each element of a natural ecosystem (sun, […]

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