tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post1328370313366845645..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: How's this for an installation?Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72159452813410272172010-07-17T14:58:18.589+01:002010-07-17T14:58:18.589+01:00A fascinating post.
my immediate reaction:
of cou...A fascinating post.<br />my immediate reaction:<br /><br />of course a garden is ART<br />the best kind of art<br /><br />why do people ( not you --I mean boring academics....!) go on an on in endless circles trying to put labels on things and define them ad nauseam.<br /><br />The joy of gardening, I think, is the interaction between gardener and nature<br />with each party offering suggestions.....<br /><br />sorry I have been absent so long!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-8508900529375406732010-07-17T04:41:00.923+01:002010-07-17T04:41:00.923+01:00art is skilled and practiced craft, with heart. So...art is skilled and practiced craft, with heart. So the randomness is controlled.<br />never one without the other I am told.....Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18323454057921441274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-84631440265723574202010-07-16T18:24:40.869+01:002010-07-16T18:24:40.869+01:00Helen
Know what you mean, know what you mean!<b>Helen</b><br />Know what you mean, know what you mean!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45140761955138176232010-07-16T16:47:49.589+01:002010-07-16T16:47:49.589+01:00I love wild, untamed gardens! Put a tin roof over...I love wild, untamed gardens! Put a tin roof over a garden shed to keep out the rain and a little mosquito netting to keep the bugs away ... I could live in it! Ahhhh ~ The sound of the rain on a tin roof. <br /><br />Your haiku is brilliant!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-61435426502681627572010-07-16T11:35:35.353+01:002010-07-16T11:35:35.353+01:00Totalfeckineejit
Yes, I fell in love with the beds...<b>Totalfeckineejit</b><br />Yes, I fell in love with the bedstead. I suppose a garden should have a use in order to have a focus and a certain character... but I'm willing to be dissuaded.<br /><br /><b>Willow</b><br />Oh well, you'v e got it all then - garden <b>and</b> Tiger!<br /><br /><b>TechnoBabe</b><br />Restoration and as nature always intended!<br /><br /><b>Derrick</b><br />I always wanted a wilderness garden because I assumed it would mean no work, but when gardeners says <i>wilderness</i>, they usually don't mean wilderness.<br /><br /><b>Linda Sue</b><br />Mmmm... I don't much care for soldiers on parade, either.<br /><br /><b>Cait</b><br />Interesting response. Nothing there I can disagree with. Thanks Cait.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-61320889880134984392010-07-15T21:50:27.222+01:002010-07-15T21:50:27.222+01:00What an interesting post and I can't wait to r...What an interesting post and I can't wait to read more about the Irish garden. Lovely pic and I liked the sound of the wild garden with the bedstead. I have an old bike in mine... :-)<br />I think that gardeners when they 'design' their gardens use colour as artists do and I see creating a garden as a work of art but I guess that Nature always has the upper hand in the end.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23717868358228829952010-07-15T16:50:25.285+01:002010-07-15T16:50:25.285+01:00If there is anything that makes me feel uneasy - i...If there is anything that makes me feel uneasy - it is an organized garden, all in a row- much prefer that conceptual garden of abundance and wild willy nilly - taking over- growth! Beautiful!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10142684657377664102010-07-15T15:40:28.208+01:002010-07-15T15:40:28.208+01:00And to think, Dave, I could have done a garden lik...And to think, Dave, I could have done a garden like that year's ago! A garden certainly can be a work of art.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-22072279947886467012010-07-15T15:19:46.756+01:002010-07-15T15:19:46.756+01:00You pretty much described my life in your last par...You pretty much described my life in your last paragraph. At least it leads to restoration.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-73030101198755864352010-07-15T14:29:16.782+01:002010-07-15T14:29:16.782+01:00Patina at it's finest.
I consider my garden ...Patina at it's finest. <br /><br />I consider my garden as a work of art.<br /><br />(Tiger is often in my neck of the woods, since I live in a big golfing community...bleh.)Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-22904416108016087692010-07-15T13:28:17.883+01:002010-07-15T13:28:17.883+01:00Art? Garden? Either which way it's beautiful.A...Art? Garden? Either which way it's beautiful.According to Oscar Wilde art must be quite useless, does this garden have a use?<br />Love the old bedstead.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72929527131507416842010-07-15T12:52:14.675+01:002010-07-15T12:52:14.675+01:00Carl
It does seem to me that there is art of some ...<b>Carl</b><br />It does seem to me that there is <i>art</i> of some sort in any garden worthy of the name, but the idea of <i>concept art</i> in garden form is something fairly new to me. That is to say, it first struck me eight years ago, but I have only recently begun to give it serious consideration.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-15045997668047214622010-07-15T12:47:58.472+01:002010-07-15T12:47:58.472+01:00I like the idea of Garden as art. Many of the sam...I like the idea of Garden as art. Many of the same concepts apply and the gardeners are just as creative and inspired. <br /><br />The Haiku was inspired too.<br /><br />CarlCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-78654943731200562322010-07-15T12:28:39.312+01:002010-07-15T12:28:39.312+01:00Jim
I agree totally with the first part of your co...<b>Jim</b><br />I agree totally with the first part of your comment, but I do not see this particular piece as an example of the gardener relinquishing control. I agree there must be a partial relaxation, but here he is not allowing nature in - at least, no more than it will intrude in any garden. He is only pretending to. He has contrived what he imagines nature would have done, given the opportunity. There are many examples in art - particularly modern art - of artists relinquishing partial control, inviting in randomness etc.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-2987616633513913262010-07-15T12:22:05.432+01:002010-07-15T12:22:05.432+01:00Thanks Karen.
I can agree with your sentiment, but...Thanks <b>Karen</b>.<br />I can agree with your sentiment, but I have this odd sensation that in doing so I'm using the word <i>art</i> in a slightly different way.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-33151536423826298032010-07-15T11:57:27.001+01:002010-07-15T11:57:27.001+01:00I’ve always understood art to be the opposite of n...I’ve always understood art to be the opposite of nature. It is after all the prefix to artificial. Garden art falls between the two – it is contrived but it also grows at its own pace. A garden like the one in the picture, which looks as if it has been left to its own devices, is beautiful to look at but I’m not sure that it’s artful. I’ve always had a problem with artists relinquishing control of their work and that’s what’s happened here, an artist has arranged things a certain way and allowed Nature to do the rest – a collaboration if you will. Most art gardens are heavily maintained so that they keep their shape. I much prefer to simply display at among nature and allow them to complement each other: one static, unchanging, the other ever-changing. <br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26052770202657031762010-07-15T11:07:32.267+01:002010-07-15T11:07:32.267+01:00While never fully expressing the idea, I've al...While never fully expressing the idea, I've always believed that a garden is a work of art.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com