1975
Noah Davis
The earthen pool is lined with umber bodies. Frozen headlong, a boy is captured middive into a turquoise pool, his fellow swimmers similarly caught in stillness. The scene is fuzzily painted - an artificially shallow depth of field, this moment focused upon the diving figure while blurring the other poolgoers. Davis’ control over his palette is reminiscent of the functioning of memory — capturing and recording certain details or foci, but never quite managing to condense into the moment it originally was. The result is a decidedly analogue effect, a faded postcard from a resort long passed by. Davis drew from quotidian scenes like these often, but it is their very mundanity that in turn infuses them with both livelihood and meaning. He painted everyday magic, permutating his subjects from the mediocre into a sun-slick fantasy.
Thursday 15th October
The Moon deepens into Scorpio, a water sign associated with the leaves of the plant. Today, our attention turns to leafy crops, sowing hardy salads such as mizuna and other oriental greens under cover, where a polytunnel or fleece-covered hoops over outdoor beds can offer protection as autumn cools. Growth is slowing, so these sowings ask for care, with enough moisture for germination and ventilation on milder days. Steiner described water as a medium through which lunar influences could work within the earth, an image that belongs to his wider understanding of the relationships between soil, plants and cosmos. As we gently water a seedbed, we might reflect on water’s connecting role: soaking into the soil, awakening seeds and becoming part of the tender leaves we will later harvest.
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