Phyllida Bluemel
Field Notes invited authorial illustrator Phyllida Bluemel to take on the first commission for From the Field, an online programme devised as a response to the worldwide pandemic in 2020. Previously, we had tasked her with drawing together other artists’ stories and ideas, both times resulting in a non linear, exquisite object that functioned both as an artwork and as a publication. For this work she focused solely on her own artistic interests; The Language of the Birds is a reflection on the early lockdown impulse to tune into nature, which Phyllida found in some ways impeded and in others was perhaps augmented by the instinct to forage for shortcuts to enlightenment on her laptop.
When we started to fall ill, some shut our doors and left our shoes there. Then, we opened our windows, cracked our notebooks’ spines and started to transcribe the birds.
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𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢: “𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘌𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
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𝟷. 𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘉𝘍𝘐 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟽)
𝟸. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 (𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷)
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𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢: “𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘌𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
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𝟷. 𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘉𝘍𝘐 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟽)
𝟸. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 (𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷)
I took a leaf from Noah’s book. I don’t know any doves, so turned to their cousins – commissioning the pigeons for signs of dry land.
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I asked them to bring me a foxglove when summer came.
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They ignored me and carried on flirting; holding up the telephone wires that pulse over my hedge with 1-1-1s and “how-are-you”s.
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𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬.
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1. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘦𝘝𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 (1928)
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I asked them to bring me a foxglove when summer came.
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They ignored me and carried on flirting; holding up the telephone wires that pulse over my hedge with 1-1-1s and “how-are-you”s.
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𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬.
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1. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘦𝘝𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 (1928)
The pigeons in my garden do not speak Greek, though I thought I caught a letter of Morse.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 “𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺” 𝘴𝘰, “𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.” (𝘢) When we’re born, we lose our wings and fall to the soil.
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This world’s dappled (𝘣), up-close and unordered. My soles make contact. My soul’s O.K. in the compost, actually.
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𝘐𝘯 𝟷𝟿𝟶𝟽, 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺 & 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘎. 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 – 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
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a) 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘴 Plato
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b) 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 Gerald Manley Hopkins
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c) @publicdomainrev
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1. Taken by a pigeon (1907)
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2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard (1974)
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 “𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺” 𝘴𝘰, “𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.” (𝘢) When we’re born, we lose our wings and fall to the soil.
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This world’s dappled (𝘣), up-close and unordered. My soles make contact. My soul’s O.K. in the compost, actually.
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𝘐𝘯 𝟷𝟿𝟶𝟽, 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺 & 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘎. 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 – 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
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a) 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘴 Plato
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b) 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 Gerald Manley Hopkins
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c) @publicdomainrev
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1. Taken by a pigeon (1907)
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2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard (1974)
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴; 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜’𝘸𝘢 – 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢 – 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦." (𝘢)
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I kid myself the pigeons are incanting my postcode.
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𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙨 (b)
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Adam’s Girl, Withering Hope Star, The Barren Hen, Charlie’s angel, Something Special, Little Marie, Mukin Fagic, Mr Venus, Moonlight Express, Big Smithy, Joyce, Weston’s Hen, Lodge Star, Rod’s Hat Trick, Old Geordie, Crosby’s Dream and Nathan.
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a) 𝘗𝘪𝘱 𝘗𝘪𝘱, Jay Griffiths
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b) British Homing World, Vol.92, No.7524, May 8th 2020
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1. 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 1969
I want to be better, but I’ve been stuffing jars with feathers instead.
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I could knock up some wings with wax - but it’s a proven 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚. My laptop whirrs and might also melt in the sun.
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𝘐𝘯 𝟷𝟼𝟽𝟿 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯.
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1. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, Athanasius Kircher (1679)
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2. 𝘖𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘋. 𝘈𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 (1564)
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I could knock up some wings with wax - but it’s a proven 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚. My laptop whirrs and might also melt in the sun.
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𝘐𝘯 𝟷𝟼𝟽𝟿 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯.
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1. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, Athanasius Kircher (1679)
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2. 𝘖𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘋. 𝘈𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 (1564)
𝘈 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘹, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘹 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥.
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The riddling syrinxs are tethered to the pull between a planet and a star.
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On the cusp of the longest day, when it’s still dark, I’ll walk out the door and down to the Red River Valley, to hear time tune up again.
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A foxglove will spring up from the hedge and I’ll put the coffee on, patting the grounds down like potting soil.
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I can’t teach a coffee pot grammar, but at least I’ll know what her bubbling means.
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1.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘦𝘯 (1969)
2. 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 (2015)
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The riddling syrinxs are tethered to the pull between a planet and a star.
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On the cusp of the longest day, when it’s still dark, I’ll walk out the door and down to the Red River Valley, to hear time tune up again.
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A foxglove will spring up from the hedge and I’ll put the coffee on, patting the grounds down like potting soil.
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I can’t teach a coffee pot grammar, but at least I’ll know what her bubbling means.
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1.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘦𝘯 (1969)
2. 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 (2015)
FROM THE FIELD ANTHOLOGY
Each artist also produced a small physical edition to sit alongside their digital work. These art objects were brought together to make up the From the Field anthology; a compilation of reflections and creations instigated by the global pandemic. Some of the editions are still available to purchase directly from us via our online store Field Notes Editions or from The Shoppery in Penryn. 50% of the purchase price goes straight to the artist and any remaining profit towards a fund for future commissions.
For her contribution to the anthology, Phyllida designed this stunning set of six double sided riso print cards that were produced with help from Earthbound Press.
For her contribution to the anthology, Phyllida designed this stunning set of six double sided riso print cards that were produced with help from Earthbound Press.
FUNDERS AND PARTNERS
From the Field was a programme of artist commissions produced by Field Notes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of 2020 from the first lockdown onwards, ten artists were commissioned to create something quick and reflective to be shared online. We had worked with nearly all of the artists prior and therefore chose to reach out to them as a barometer for the times. Each artist also produced a small physical edition to sit alongside their digital work.
From the Field was made possible by a grant from the Arts Council England Emergency Fund.
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From the Field was made possible by a grant from the Arts Council England Emergency Fund.
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