I had the pleasure of interviewing my friend and colleague Corey Hardeman, as part of my research on the 25th of August this year. I recently posted a link to our talk on my Facebook artist page. However, realising that I have a great many friends and acquaintances who does not follow my page, and whom I think will find this discussion very interesting, I thought that I would share the link here as well. It is a fairly long video, of just over an hour. But if, like Corey and me, you find yourself in a time and place where the climate crisis is taking up an increasingly larger position in your life, work and worldview, you may find this interesting. Here is what I have learned from our discussion. As a painter, as a woman and as a partner, mother and caregiver: Our creative practices are both material and spiritual in nature. While we engage with painting on a purely material level, using pigments from the earth, cloth, and wood, we simultaneously find ourselves channelling a creative force that exists beyond ourselves. Timothy Morton refers to this as ecorhapsody, in his book Ecology without Nature. It is the work of art in our time to capture the atmosphere, the memory and beauty of places that may not be here much longer. In this way, the physical act of painting may become a coping mechanism for dealing with our climate grief. Simultaneously, as we engage in an attentive (mindful) creative practice, we enact a practical manifestation of a lived ethic of care, as described in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass. Considering these extrapolations, we may reasonably understand that the creative practice may be interpreted as an Ecological Aesthetic of Care. I hope that you will enjoy this interview: Categories All
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AuthorLaurette de Jager is a Visual Artist working with the Ephemeral Nature of Things, in the hope of finding new ways of existing in a dying Archives
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