a recent Cultures of Care session with Ruth Singer was about Ruth's lanscape work and how it's links with this topic - we also touched on how we can interact with the environment without taking anything out of it
all this reminded me of how much i enjoyed my explorations during Place Making and my past experiments with nature art - how these gave outings into my environment a sense of purpose through physical interaction with it - i really struggle with the idea of "going for a walk" being good for your wellbeing, but it now begins to make sense for me
i have always found it easy to walk around urban areas because i feel there is more there that i can associate with - natural environments are attractive but i always feel i should be inspired by them in some way, yet i am happy to go and pick up a few conkers or interesting foliage to arrange and leave for others to find - i don't need to come back with an awesomely inspiring concept, just playing like a child with mud and sticks is enough really
on my gathering expedition i came across windfall plums or damsons, so a bit of foraging happened as well!
