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
