77. TERRA FIRMA
In the end, it all comes down to the earth beneath our feet. Soil, dust, humus, dirt. It is both prologue and epilogue. Source and salve. Yet, oftentimes it’s invisible, pushed to the rear of the stage, hidden by that which is more noisy, more beautiful, more obvious. Not here, not now. Not, we argue, ever.
Issue 77.
TERRA FIRMA
Kate Seddon’s Glorious Gardens
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You’ll Never Plough a Field by Turning it Over in Your Mind
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