Today Micheal Landy gave a talk at our university, I particually liked his talk on his most recent work Saints Alive, probably because it resonated with my project. He talked about what his Inspirations were for this particular project, to which I am finding my research on religion and depravation have a similar vein. He also talked about plants, one in particular named Shepherds Purse, which put me in the mind of Pope Joan. She was known for healing the sick and had a great knowledge on healing plants, which in itself is an act of care and kindness.
He mentioned that the plant ‘Shepherds Purse’ it tends to grow on waste land and through the cracks of pavements, I guess it survives in the toughest of situations, like people with a bit of care and kindness even in the most difficult circumstances some times they may just survive too.
