Saturday, August 6, 2022

FIELD NOTES

 Back in quasi-rural Essex, we also have ground though it’s not like London ground. A walk 

around Dedham (Constable country) revealed plenty of fields.


 

But after a few arty days in the metropolis a field can look a lot like some minimalist piece of land art:

 



And the things to be found on the ground here are local too. Such as potatoes that had been rejected by the mechanical potato harvesters: 

 


And in fact some of these spuds (not the ones above) looked perfectly edible so I picked up a couple to take home.  I keep wondering if this was foraging or scavenging.


Also on the ground was a warning sign that had fallen off an electric fence:

 


The best thing about that notice is that each of those names sounds like a band or musical act, plenty of electronica of course, but with regional variations from country to country – and frankly I’d be prepared to give any of them a listen but I’d have highest hopes for Schrikdraad.

 

‘When you want to get down, down on the ground, Shrikdraad.’


And then in the Dedham Arts and Craft Centre I bought the selected works of Lenin for 3 quid.  Want to see a picture of Lenin walking? Well, why not:



Want to see a picture of the book and two potatoes I 'foraged'?  Both book and potatoes are bigger than they appear.




 

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