{"id":245,"date":"2016-05-29T17:14:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T22:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2018-05-01T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:29:06","slug":"creating-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating in Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"seaweed\"<\/p>\n

we know we love nature, do we know that the earth loves us back? Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The lilacs were on the verge of bloom in early May here in Minneapolis, when I traveled five hours north to Grand Marais, a small, artful town hugging the North shore of Lake Superior. Spring was still a promise there as I gathered with nine other women to make art, with the guiding wisdom of Elizabeth Erickson. Her class, “Art as Journey” is offered through the amazing Grand Marais Art Colony,<\/a> housed in a hundred year old church, focusing the creative spirit. Elizabeth, as my mentor through WARM<\/a>, (Women’s Art Resources of MN) 35 years ago, was pivotal in helping me find my creative voice.<\/p>\n

I had just finished reading “Braiding Sweetgrass<\/u>” by Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/a>. She is a biologist and is of the Potowatomi people, so she combines her indigenous knowledge with science. She wonders if we began to call the natural world with a different pronoun, rather than “it” — would we come more into relationship, not to objectify–to see rocks, trees, plants as partners in life, to begin to listen and<\/p>\n

\"dreams

dreams of intimate nature<\/p><\/div>\n

I learn from them.<\/p>\n

\"dreams

dreams of intimate nature<\/p><\/div>\n

\"dreams

dreams of intimate nature<\/p><\/div>\n

It is with this open and humble intention that I began my art journey at Artist’s point.
\nArtist’s point in Grand Marais is a peninsula, a spit of volcanic rock that juts 1\/2 mile into Lake Superior. Over the centuries, plant life has grown up in the cracks and crevices, so that now a hardy population braves this raw, windblown expanse, among them pines, lichens, mosses. . I gather materials that call my name — to adorn the small, clay figures that are the beginning point of my creating. Above are three images from the series that I created in this inspiring place.<\/p>\n

I love these pieces, and I know that they love me back!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The lilacs were on the verge of bloom in early May here in Minneapolis, when I traveled five hours north to Grand Marais, a small, artful town hugging the North shore of Lake Superior. Spring was still a promise there as I gathered with nine other women to make art\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCreating in Place · Brenna Busse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creating in Place · Brenna Busse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lilacs were on the verge of bloom in early May here in Minneapolis, when I traveled five hours north to Grand Marais, a small, artful town hugging the North shore of Lake Superior. Spring was still a promise there as I gathered with nine other women to make art\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brenna Busse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-29T22:14:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-01T16:29:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brenna Busse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brenna Busse\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/\",\"name\":\"Creating in Place · Brenna Busse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-29T22:14:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-01T16:29:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20bd9d4b37d10ec648c15ee3391ff13e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"seaweed\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Creating in Place\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/\",\"name\":\"Brenna Busse\",\"description\":\"Figures of Imagination\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20bd9d4b37d10ec648c15ee3391ff13e\",\"name\":\"Brenna Busse\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/author\/brenna\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Creating in Place · Brenna Busse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Creating in Place · Brenna Busse","og_description":"The lilacs were on the verge of bloom in early May here in Minneapolis, when I traveled five hours north to Grand Marais, a small, artful town hugging the North shore of Lake Superior. Spring was still a promise there as I gathered with nine other women to make art\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/","og_site_name":"Brenna Busse","article_published_time":"2016-05-29T22:14:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-05-01T16:29:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brenna Busse","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brenna Busse","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/","url":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/","name":"Creating in Place · Brenna Busse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg","datePublished":"2016-05-29T22:14:21+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-01T16:29:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20bd9d4b37d10ec648c15ee3391ff13e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seaweed-1600.jpg","width":1600,"height":640,"caption":"seaweed"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/creating-in-place\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Creating in Place"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/","name":"Brenna Busse","description":"Figures of Imagination","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/#\/schema\/person\/20bd9d4b37d10ec648c15ee3391ff13e","name":"Brenna Busse","url":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/author\/brenna\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brennabusse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}