2010... A new year and hopefully a better one.
I finally got some organization into my life and am going to be working on my Contained Garden installation today. Usually I go out foraging for plants in empty lots and roadsides for installations, but since it is Jan 1st...and there has been lots of snow on the ground, I will try to sow some seeds I collected and have gone to Home Depot for plants. I have always been fascinated by the defense mechanisms of plants.  When you have to be rooted to one place, you tend to come up with some violent and imaginative ways to defend yourself (rather than running away) Cacti and succulents are some of the more interesting ones. Their spine configurations resemble something prehistoric and otherworldy.  I will incorporate some of them into my work, and they are a good plant for my cats, since they love to eat any plants I bring home.