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This feels like a good moment to reflect on my summer time at Field, self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park, and publish that long, long overdue grasses appreciation post /` Now entirely dried out, seeds sown, they are ready to make space for the next season /` The seasons have changed so quickly - an apt reminder that every lived minute occurs only once and is not to be wasted /` I am especially fond of grasses, perhaps because my roots are in the needle grass plains that surround the Irendik mountains in the south of Urals /` I am relived to hear the news that the fires surrounding our village Bakhtigareevo have been put out by local volunteers /` Pictured, from back in June: Soft brome (Bromus hordeaceus) Not pictures but present: Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) Slender oat (Avena barbata) x2 Common velvet grass (Holcus lanatus) Red fescue (Festuca rubra) Rat's tail fescue (Vulpia myuros) /` I used to the app PictureThis to ID (which isn't always 100% right so check other sources too) /`/`/` See you in the autumn! #grasses #summersdusk #urals #planetonfire (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTK4j7kMcSwVSyYaK7L94jJzswRv5PlXAXmQt00/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Such colours at Field today. Looking for a suitable hidden disability sticker for my bike but nothing nice out there.

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When people come and go, the tree remains, true and still. Sweet overripe apples’ scent teases. A moth hurries. All else is quiet. (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkVathIXZUinqtMwqmh_zjXW8yd2ZJF43QtTo0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today at Field // a little sad to find my residency spot like this // some of the toxic ragwort has been removed, but so unceremoniously / careless that this has taken down all of the medicinal plants too // I know from visiting here for over two years that these grasses will recover and regrow in no time // a timely reminder that nothing stays the same for long // much of the grass has been cut elsewhere on the field - it’s all dried up now being a fire hazard // a wake / soar / kettle / husk (all variations on their collective noun!) of six kites are hunting over the mowed fields - a number I’ve never seen here before! They are taking advantage of the disturbance making their prey more accessible - there are mice here for sure, other small animals too perhaps // a reminder to self to write that long overdue post on grasses // moss softness // home made coffee afternoon // #field #selfdirectedresidency #kites #birdsofprey (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CScNxYiokG8WnzW1VrEejf5uGXYgweeg7mFE_E0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This is Callissia Fragrans under the microscope! I am grateful beyond human words to @sonia__levy for these stunning images. A successful start to a beautiful remote collaboration! Thank you! 🔬 There is something captivating about the images being ever so slightly unattainable, fuzzy at the edges, bringing edges to the centre in layers no unlike human skin, yet shifting away from the human focus. 🌿 Read about my project Hidden (2020 onwards) via the link in my linktree. It began with a tiny video portrait of Callisia I created especially for Chlorophilia exhibition at @aptgallery curated by Paul Malone and Nicola Rae @nrae_studio, with music by @samuelhollowayproductions, now also a text piece written for Uprooting the Anthropocene Symposium, @torchoxford, all under one canopy. And more to come! ✨ @carlos.magdalena.kew this is my planty project I mentioned! 🤓 #callisiafragrans #mexicoendemic #filmingunderthemicroscope #remotecollaboration #humanplantnarratives #vegetalbeings #hiddendisability #abilitydifference #access #medicinalplants #chlorophilia https://www.instagram.com/p/CSM3hArIkqymV_0iM7xPUdLkItOjPf8Krz_-ZE0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Latergram // exciting things cooking with @artists_for_plants, biologist @saul_e_hoyos_gomez, and Callisia, my medicinal plant // working in small and analogue ways 🌱 #biodiversity #chocó #colombia #whalenursery #pacific #rainforest #ecosystem #medicinalplants #scentdrawings #analogue (at Choco, Colombia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZKKP2lo0wyWJSq4CC1Nhihgv4nYzFfk4OKbg0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // re-centering my tired fibro- body-spirit-mind that welcomes the sun after these long rains // re-reading The Hidden Life of Trees in prep for uprooting the anthropocene symposium next week // hello wood pigeon // 🌞 #symposium #reading #theopen #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRUe-CwFr5Q5HlfiFwtajJtkwsr0qZ-jy2Ro2Q0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The second stage of Callisia planty filming is underway! No funding? No problem! Happiest when filming 🥰 🌱🎥 #selfsufficient (at Hayes, Hillingdon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKAk0YlUqza4GkNioWCLaP3KYO_yIXlJ41WtQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // wormwood coming into blossom soon // my granddad taught me about wormwood during our trips to the Urals when I was a small human // this semi-wild spot in the park is one that remind me more than any other place I’ve been to of my spiritual home and ancestral land that is the south of Ural Mountains, range Eirendik (Ирәндек) that’s 135km long, one of the most eastern parts of the mountains, and home to Talkas, an ancient lake, 3.9km large and 12m deep that came into being as a result of volcanic activity, often called ‘the pearl of Urals’ // wormwood grows abundantly in the Eirendik area, but because there are many kinds and the one growing in the UK looks so different, I didn’t recognise it right away when I first spotted it growing here a couple of years ago, but its smell was unmistakable; this was the start of my foraging habits here - once I knew one, other plants followed // identifying plants by smell is called organoleptic sensing - thanks @handmade_apothecary ✨ image one and video - wormwood at Lake Farm Country Park, image two - wormwood in the Urals (2013), and last - the location of lake (ozero) Talkas! 🌏 #field #wormwood #urals #talkas #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHYJ73FJdo1FrI0e7iroWaCgKFVsWHEtc_sFc0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // not in order of events // yarrow picking // nettle picking // remembering to only take what I need / can process // offering a song in return // Lacie the doggo encounter // rain in my lunch // feeling spaced out // hazel nut spotting // 🌧🌱 #field #forage #yarrow #nettles #doggo #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ6f6vrldeIyOq5Qdk9BNVPZTBlHectDfVPDO40/?utm_medium=tumblr

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accidental weave at Field // self directed residency at the Lake Farm Country Park yesterday // pebble that looked like a hazel nut I didn’t take from Nettlebed common // 🌿 (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyeDcjFsSu5BIDyTjdjn22RpwMrN3paPJvtc80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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it is beginning to smell like evening, and dew settles // at Field // I am reminded of warm bodies and cold bodies in Hildegard Von Bingen’s writing on plants // a Tibetan healer once told me I had a cold body and should eat warm foods // 🍵 #field #selfdirectedresidency (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQy-2ZAFVUvTIItSa_IAHWJuBaS6bcvrGeLAiA0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // writing The Stranger. A tale, part two - new colour scheme and all! - supported by @aceagrams // getting bee-stung // copter-spotting (see stories) // 🐝 #mindthebee #hooman #writing #field #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEsvq7lRdPzleiwUdGZM2kTAPRckwf5yUOlg80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // getting bee-stung! 🐝 #mindthebee #hooman (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEcT9qFjsuMk4u-7rC3nPZ756Eh9ZbaSFeKic0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This evening at Field // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // writing part two to The Stranger. A tale as part of The Other project supported by @aceagrams / part one just recorded by @lousapage + young humans! ladybirds power down - upside down on daisy buds // my favourite time of the day, between the dog and the wild, when the cool air sweeps in // practicing balance // 🦩 #dusk #betweenthedogandthewolf #humidthoughts #porous #translation #talewriting #newfavouritething #field #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6czgrlOBlZyEbWuuj1SXz1qHMJ69wH7rEGmQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Brief visit to Field this evening // self-directed residency at Lake Farm Country Park // soil / grass memory // these paths have kept their shape from me walking // this is also how I know when someone else has been here - human and more // 🌱 #soil #grass #memory #field #artistresidency #selfdirectedresidency #embodiedknowledge #earthpace #local #biodiversity #ecology #ecosystems (at Lake Farm Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP300q_FFwVAJVuu2nZlJiXfwC6CrdFdrMsxgo0/?utm_medium=tumblr