Maeblls

Every so often I read

Masanobu Fukuoka’s

The One-Straw Revolution

to remind myself I sometimes have very little idea of what I’m doing in my garden – and my life.

In some ways it’s a troubling reminder while in other ways it’s quite freeing.

Troubling because I teach gardening so I’m supposed to know some things about that, and because I live my own... See more

Cities, like the residents that call them home, tend to run on distinct circadian rhythms; internal, collective clocks that dictate when the streets and town squares come alive, peaking with movement and activity, and when they eventually begin to quiet down, the bars, cafes and clubs emptying.

Having temporarily relocated from Berlin to Sydney, I’v... See more

hat do you think is the most significant difference, if there’s any, between Butoh in Europe and Butoh in Japan? Do you think that Butoh practiced in Europe has the same (let’s call it) “essence”?

M.O. – Well, yes there is a difference between Butoh in Japan and the rest of world, of course if you think of the fundamental essence of this dance ther... See more

Our experience of living in the city, our understanding of why things are the way they are, or why things might be different in the future, no longer track neatly onto land use patterns or zoning regulations. We still lead our everyday flesh-and-blood lives, interacting with a few people and places, constrained by the physical limits of time and sp... See more

The first thing he did when he returned to the land he grew up in was to stop pruning the citrus trees. The next year most of the trees died. But instead of seeing this as a failure, he realised he had learned something important. If trees or plants have been controlled by people, you cannot then just abandon them and expect them to thrive. It need... See more

Prepare the mind for work in the fields.

Sense the fragrance of the changing season.

Determine the right timing to approach.

Feel the distance between yourself, and the plants and animals.