tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post2858720927737434182..comments2024-03-14T13:30:13.313-07:00Comments on SAIPUA: musings on the shifting landscape of FLORISTRYSarah Ryhanenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12606570701894786970noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-79412309105805570692019-08-19T06:27:27.958-07:002019-08-19T06:27:27.958-07:00I had a sculpture teacher in college that taught u...I had a sculpture teacher in college that taught us primarily to make artistic decisions with our gut or intuition. We were encouraged to make decisions based solely on how things felt. Such is the way with abstraction and it jerked me out of more formal art making decisions that at the time felt like a revelation. Learning to trust those decisions was another thing entirely and has taken up until fairly recently to become second nature. <br /><br />But I realize now it is a skill I apply daily. It just sort of seeped in but suddenly I can see it everywhere. It informs everything I create and do: from the work I do for a living, the way I dress, how I feed myself, where I live, how I move through the world and all the amazing people that surround me. It was probably the single-most important thing I took away from art school. Remind me to try and explain that to my father one day.<br /><br />Keep listening, observing, creating and sharing. Art and life are impossible to untangle. Thanks for continuing to put it out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-25522256517936603632019-08-17T16:05:11.478-07:002019-08-17T16:05:11.478-07:00When I was a young teen, I found a quotation: &quo...When I was a young teen, I found a quotation: "the purpose of a writer is to create a space in which other people can think." I don't always write as often as I like with two little kids and two part-time jobs and a garden, etc., BUT I often think about that creation of space in which people can think. Or feel. Or imagine. Or ponder. I feel like there are too few of those spaces, and the ones we have are often limited in their funds/support/quiet/etc. <br />Also, your mentioning needing more florists made me think of this podcast I listened to (driving to work at a farmer's market!) this morning. The rabbi/artist interviewed says at the beginning that if his life had gone differently, he would love to own a little florist shop where he only made bouquets to go on Friday night Shabbat tables in honor of the divine feminine being present on the sabbath: https://onbeing.org/programs/amichai-lau-lavie-first-aid-for-spiritual-seekers/<br />Anyway, thank you for your posts. I do find them to be a space in which I'm led to think differently about things.teeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12727410948641339728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-63008057271304770932019-08-16T10:31:02.379-07:002019-08-16T10:31:02.379-07:00You are leading by example and that’s enough. Docu...You are leading by example and that’s enough. Documenting and sharing your own unraveling and unlearning, how you are reconnecting to your essential nature and intuition gives others a picture of what that looks like. I feel that intuition is ultimately about deep listening and that’s a skill that like any, gets better with practice. Continue listening and sharing your process, I’m here for it! I’m a fellow former art worker now just back to being an artist and working with food. I found your work through a close friend who works with nature too. I look forward to reading more of your musings, they sound very familiar to me :)Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036942406415290284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-41970253857214020262019-08-15T03:14:12.359-07:002019-08-15T03:14:12.359-07:00You can make a funeral spray?You can make a funeral spray?Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954245955512283932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-63160893098745838302019-08-14T22:44:32.812-07:002019-08-14T22:44:32.812-07:00FINALLY, you write! I was checking daily for about...FINALLY, you write! I was checking daily for about six weeks and then I drifted away...and sure enough I check today for the first time in weeks, and BAM! you are here. It is like unwrapping a an unexpected gift. Thank you. Vailhttp://thecroftfarm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-2788527772143594832019-08-14T10:16:34.503-07:002019-08-14T10:16:34.503-07:00@Kanuti Well, THAT was rude!@Kanuti Well, THAT was rude!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002555266622481804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-64455335014451321682019-08-14T09:05:37.545-07:002019-08-14T09:05:37.545-07:00I'm really feeling this right now. The compli...I'm really feeling this right now. The complicated relationship you have with the floral industry is very similar to mine with the restaurant industry. I really thought at one time that I would spend my life, in one way or another, behind the stove, cooking for people. At some point though, I became really disillusioned with the space, my own ego and everyone else's, and the disconnect from those I was cooking for. Like you, I have a countdown going--2 more weeks!--until I don't work in the industry any more. It's strange, that after two decades in professional kitchens I'm quitting my restaurant job, with no plans to go back. This has been coming for a really long time, and I'm excited to see where life goes next. Good luck with yours. DOWN WITH INDUSTRY! Haha...Claire Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-33501837410470268972019-08-14T07:49:22.979-07:002019-08-14T07:49:22.979-07:00Interesting . So just because you are bored with “...Interesting . So just because you are bored with “floristry “ it must be dead?<br />There are some amazing women out there making incrediblly beautiful arrangements, some just to photograph and share with their followers <br />You have become so pompous of late. I love the idea of a feminine economy, but who can afford to purchase their wares? Only your wealthiest followers can afford your beautiful blankets, or to pay $34.00 for 2 bars of soap, which I am sure is wonderful , but...<br />Floristry is not dead, it’s moving on without you, as you try to show your wealthy followers how to cook and grow food. Will they after they leave you? Doubt it. <br />Come on down off your high horse and join the rest of us, who will forever love your amazing creativity and artistry. You ridiculous musings, not so mushKanutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461270744825759036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-43095234853526135552019-08-14T07:11:02.165-07:002019-08-14T07:11:02.165-07:00You've articulated everything I've been th...You've articulated everything I've been thinking and feeling. I took a Dutch Masters class with you 9 or so years ago and while yes, it did open up my eyes to how to care for flowers and set me on a floral business journey for years, I think of it more often as a class on how to care for living things. I reference the idea of 'flowers just need clean water and sun' (I think that's how you phrased it) when prepping produce and when I'm cooking often. And I basically tell anyone who's interested in doing floral work the same advice and let them figure out their art on their own. <br /><br />My floral business went back and forth from doing just floral design to doing wedding design to planning then back to florals and then now back to full design and planning over the last 10 years, but my heart isn't in it anymore, at least the way we were doing it. I feel myself evolving as an artist and I feel very peaceful about it. I also have an interior design business, which is a year old, and have been exploring more permanent installations vs. temporary ones (weddings) and it's been thrilling doing it my own way and letting people either jump on for the ride or stay off. We are all just learning as we go... <br /><br />Jaclyn Journeyhttp://www.jaclynjourney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848360954218054222.post-64964060037975322962019-08-14T06:11:56.714-07:002019-08-14T06:11:56.714-07:00As someone who came into this industry 5 years ago...As someone who came into this industry 5 years ago, not knowing what it truly was or what I was doing...this speaks to me. I was always a hobby flower, veggie and animal farmer who legit thought I was the first ever farmer florist - which is what happens when you have 3 kids under 3 with 0 social media until 2014. I still feel like an imposter trying to recreate what others have already done or what my clients show me, though my hands want to add something else and my heart doesn't feel as full. Somedays I just want to go back to hobby farming, hanging with my kids, goats, sheep, dogs and veggies. I don't even know where I belong in this, but reading this makes me want to create for the love it. Grow for the bees and for myself and my community. I love reading your blogs...they make me think. Thank you.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363186777659205405noreply@blogger.com