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farm equipment art, timeout for art capturing memories, union county mississippi museum, william faulkner quotes, wooden totem poles
Pencil – 1993 -Hen with chicks beneath forsythia…
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. – William Faulkner
The above drawing hangs on a butterscotch-painted wall in my son’s kitchen. When I recently looked at it, memories of that long-ago 1993 pre-spring day came flooding back, and we were once again at No Mistake Plantation in Yazoo County. Charles had injured his ankle during a sports event, and we were sitting on the grounds of a daylily farm and soaking in the warm rays of sunshine. The hen ambled along with her chicks, fluffed out her feathers and settled into a comfortable pose not far from where we sat. The pencil drawing captured the moment much better than any camera, and the memories were branded with each stroke of the pencil.
New Albany (Mississippi) Heritage Museum
A few days ago I visited the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany, Mississippi, and the back gardens provided an abundance of artsy material. They will represent the first of many attempts to capture the essence of Mississippi!
Enjoy the walk through the gardens, and don’t forget to apply mosquito repellent!
Z
“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” – William Faulkner
(North Mississippi) Step into the back area of New Albany’s Union County Heritage Museum. May I have your ticket, please?!
Faulkner’s Garden Maintained by New Albany Garden Club
I hope you enjoyed your stroll through the garden. Step on over to the veranda and have some iced tea, and then we’ll decide what to sketch next!
Z
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Cheers, Z! Thank you for a most enjoyable tea!!! 🙂 xxxx
thanks amiga
i was just telling a friend about your many talents this morning, and we visited your site!!! yes, you are so very talented! z
I bet when you visited you couldn’t see much as even my page would have turned red from blushing!!! You are very sweet, Z …and look who’s talking [on talented!] Thank you, amiga. Enjoy a beautiful weekend! I might visit for another cup-a-tea!! 😉 xx
How lovely! I was stopped cold by the sign for the Wistaria — since I always have spelled it Wisteria. I went digging a bit, and found both spellings are acceptable. The genus is named for Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), an American physician.
I think it’s perfect, the way they’ve linked Faulkner’s words to the garden displays. And I was surprised to find that, reading the signs, I was hearing his voice. Apparently I’ve listened to his readings and speeches enough that at least a bit of that voice has lodged in my mind.
Wonderful post!
i read your comment in the quiet hours of the early morning, and it was as if you were here in north mississippi. the small garden seemed to capture faulkner’s essence, and reading his words that were paired with the plantings did have a magical effect. there were so many more, and i wished for a better way to showcase the garden.
thanks!
z
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This is a wonderful post. 🙂
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TIMEOUT FOR ART: Capturing Memories
I LOVE this post. Faulkner’s citation is so moving. Thanks for being such as artist.
Love Granny’s use of pokeberry juice for ink. Do you think you, Z, could do a sketch with pokeberry juice? 😉
that is such a fun idea and a bit of a challenge, so today i will take a plastic ziplock and will collect a few berries… at some point there will be an update via pokeberry juice art!
Wonderful! I look forward to the results. 🙂
Loved the garden and equally loved the Faulkner quotes. Someone did a lovely job finding and writing them.
thank you so much for your comment and for the one about the train ride on the city of new olreans.. i need to check out the map and spot where vardaman is located!!!!!
thanks, amiga!
z
Love garden photos! Thanks!
for sure you would love them and could probably identify a wild vine w/blue berries.. at some point i will post the image!
thanks! z
Memories are so fun to revisit – loved seeing your drawing. Tea does sound like a good idea. Sounds like you are having a lovely visit! Did you purchase your Windows 8 yet?
Glorious garden Lisa I loved my stroll through with you.
it’s always a joy to have you there in the gardens… from one lover of nature to the other! z
love the thoughts of Faulkner strolling along the path of beautiful flowers. Continue enjoying your trip, may all the memories bring you joy 🙂
thanks.. it’s been a roller coaster ride for sure! making progress each day while basking in the love of so many as i travel the flatlands of the delta…
hope all’s going ok along the coast.. friends wrote to say that the mayor of jama declared a state of emergency at el matal.. gracias adios perhaps they’ll get some help soon… z
What a lovely stroll and minus pesky bugs! Beautiful images and put together with the wise and careful eye of an artist.
you are such a kind and dear person. thank you – i needed that!
more soon,
z
Wonderful.. I so enjoyed the walk in that wonderful garden.. And Loved the Art… Wishing you a Wonderful Sunday.. Sue
thanks, sue.. you project a calming essence! thanks for taking a stroll through the faulkner garden! z
I see you are collecting dots – to use an expression I have discussed lately on my blog. Thanks for taking us along your inspiring stroll.
i look forward to catching up soon and read about those dots.. i love the concept already!
my son is getting married in two days, so i’m squeezing in a fast catch up and should have more time next week!
glad you enjoyed the faulkner garden.. on saturday i strolled through the grounds of faulkner’s home in oxford mississippi… quite peaceful and comforting… presently i’m visiting with family and telling them it’s like being in a faulkner novel – sometimes southern life is more bizarre than fiction!
z
Enjoy your son’s wedding. I am sure it’s going to be great!
I was thinking of you today when I was listening to the conversation between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers on the power of myth. Bill Moyers asked Joseph Campbell – who were the ones who preserved the myths, the essence of humanity? His answer was: Artists!!!
Thank you for your amazing posts – We must take time for art.
“Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another.” Joseph Campbell
A wonderful post. I am working on a project and think you bringing that first quote to mind makes it one which might be a nice connecting item for some of my verbiage.
If you get it right, whether painting or drawing art of photographic art, then your still subject overcomes stasis and moves or conveys life. At least we hope. But, since it is not a given, it is ever more remarkable when it is achieved.
So glad I stopped by to visit! The garden walk was delightful.