entity.
enter a garden
a vital force
where soil palpitates under foot
rich
complex
product of elaborate decomposition
where mushrooms converse
sprouted in circles on the grass
threaded
tangled
with the underground sensorium
this space has entity
and she breathes
healing
shifting
with tentacular paths that run like veins
trailing through flora
weaving under the draping leaves of a willow tree
whispering
breathe with her
her wisdom hums in the air
murmuring among the trees
listen
her vital power pulses
in every root and stem
tune in
shifting dimensions.
an aged day releases a drowsy exhale
the uncanny veil spills through the air
falls in a sluggish cascade
draping over cobble and magnolia tree reality flickers
you are a child again
with a magic mind
standing veiled in a familiar unknown
intimate and uneasy
quiet air sweet with pollen and anticipation
a thick realm of vibrant intricacy
a day ages deeper
the veil seeps
where the magic mind piques
the weight of unease settles on the chest
and in the willow tree whispering
to the shadow of the magnolia
murmuring air rich with earth and wisdom
a spectral realm of shifting complexity
the garden sighs
she belongs to the night now
Poems by Kate Warren
She Belongs to the Night Now is a project rooted in memories. The construction of the garden represents letting the day pass in a garden as a child, and suddenly looking up and seeing the trees silhouetted against a heavy dusk sky. Seeing a place that felt so caring and safe transform into a place with this uncanny eeriness created a strange duality between healing and pain.
The aim of the work is to inspire exploration like you would have done as a child, both stunning and terrifying. Away from the restraints of modern-day cynicism or technology, to create a raw feeling and to achieve that startling duality between fear and beauty. Because discomfort has the power to heal. Within the garden there are plants that can kill you and those that can heal you.
The essence of the project is not what is seen, or heard, but what is felt. She Belongs to the Night Now aims to provoke a feeling personal to you. One that potentially resonates with the childish notion of distortion and terror driven interpretation, mixed with a deep appreciation for the beauty of the situation.
She Belongs to the Night Now is formed as a journey, a journey for the viewer to create themselves. The visual language is to reduce as much linear thinking and stripping the story of anything that is usually held onto, like colour or lushness.
As you get drawn through the garden, something will hopefully be drawn out of you.