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The pictures for the poll in a more obvious position. But if you want to go with your gut feeling without seeing the pictures then go for it.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Art Enables's Facebook Wall.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Art Enables's Facebook Wall.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Art Enables's Facebook Wall.

Our artwork of the week in three different perspectives - A country cottage birdhouse by Mike Knox. http://art-enables.org/artwork/store.php?view=potluck&pageID=1

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Some photos of the artwork at this year's OAIB show.


OAIB 2012
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The artists at Art Enables make distinct art, but their situation as self-taught artists isn't unique. Often regarded as the most authentic of creative impulses, this art comes from the heart. Enjoy and collect some of the Outsider and Folk Art from other individuals within the metro area as well ...

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by Becky Seward

This is a poem I wrote in 2006 for my undergraduate thesis at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, but I still find it relevant to the farm life I live today. It was written about my last day on a farm I worked on for nearly five years.

 

Countless Green
It was my first and last day
on the plow
in the secluded North Field
our dream space

Behind me
behind the buzzing machine
lay many pearly crests
Her underbelly

On my last farm day
I sat baking in the
warm sanctuary
of the greenhouse
pulling the tendrils
of chickweed
from between the
little mustards

I lost myself for a minute
in the dusting of lichen
on the black soil
shimmering with silver bits

I wiped away the green
then the first and second layer
of silver-speckled black

Each layer a mosaic
of unraveling silver and loam

This life is living sculpture
it is plotting and planting
like so many blooming brushstrokes

It is toiling towards
the perfect convergence
of pride and people and wild

It is unpredictable art
with a menacing palette
of blood, ice, feathers, sweat,
manure, soil, tears, mud, rain, and
countless shades of green

 

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This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

by Becky Seward

This is a poem I wrote in 2006 for my undergraduate thesis at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, but I still find it relevant to the farm life I live today. It was written about my last day on a farm I worked on for nearly five years.

 

Countless Green
It was my first and last day
on the plow
in the secluded North Field
our dream space

Behind me
behind the buzzing machine
lay many pearly crests
Her underbelly

On my last farm day
I sat baking in the
warm sanctuary
of the greenhouse
pulling the tendrils
of chickweed
from between the
little mustards

I lost myself for a minute
in the dusting of lichen
on the black soil
shimmering with silver bits

I wiped away the green
then the first and second layer
of silver-speckled black

Each layer a mosaic
of unraveling silver and loam

This life is living sculpture
it is plotting and planting
like so many blooming brushstrokes

It is toiling towards
the perfect convergence
of pride and people and wild

It is unpredictable art
with a menacing palette
of blood, ice, feathers, sweat,
manure, soil, tears, mud, rain, and
countless shades of green

 

Read more from Field Notes

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Charles was looking very stylish for the OAIB opening reception! If you missed the opening, there's still time to see the exhibit until October 26th. We're open Monday through Friday, 9 am - 4 pm. Tux optional.

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Paul is celebrating the Redskins win with his jersey and his artwork today!

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Got Saturday plans? OAIB (Outsider Art Inside the Beltway) opens today at the Art Enables studio and gallery. Opening reception is from 1 - 4 pm. Put on your Fall boots and see you there!