A Tribute to Pinecones
Added 2021-11-07 18:31:09 +0000 UTCHappy Sunday!
As a kid, I took a great amount of satisfaction gathering things together. Rocks, pieces of aged glass from under the sagebrush (the oldest pieces of glass were purple), seed pods. Pinecones were especially fun. I had no purpose or use for them, but I would gather them all the same. My favorites were the fresh ones in the autumn. I could tell them from the older cones by their color. The new pinecones are a lovely golden brown, the older they are, the more gray they get.
Perhaps my collections of rocks, glass bits, and pinecones were simply an effort in achieving order. I recently heard the term "knolling", which is basically the process of grouping like objects.
"Always be Knolling", advises artist Tom Sachs. I like that.
If you're not familiar with the work of Tom Sachs, I highly recommend watching 10 Bullets Manifesto, which is available to watch on YouTube. There's an in depth explanation on why knolling is important, useful, and necessary in his studio.
If my video won't play, try this instead: https://vimeo.com/643096351/fe0a57d87e
