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looking at that old photo of kirkbride kind of blew me away. that is to say that it blew me as far in any one direction as an archival 19th century black and white photograph of the mental institution where i now go to school possibly could. what i mean to say, is that its incredible how lush and built up that space seemed, to have those big trees and palms just growing there make the environment look so much less barren and more inviting. so my question is this: how come its not even more overgrown, or developed up than that now? what happened to all the vegetation? did it just die out one hot summer, or not get maintained, or perhaps get over maintained?
this is something i've noticed in sydney that tends (haw haw haw, tends) to happen a lot, that they cut the grass so short and so often that it just sort of becomes this crisply baked yellow-green dessert of grass, as opposed to places ive been to like berlin, where stuff just sort of goes a little bit wild and seems to do the better for it.
have you noticed that more chains have gone up around the canteen at school? no more cutting that corner, sneaky art students. whats the deal with that? are we not meant to be enjoying that little expanse of grass? when stuff like that happens i find it concerning: in that the green areas of vegetation around our living environs become these sorts of 'machines for leisure', or 'machines for viewing-pleasure', in a very strict and structured Le Corbusier kind of way.
two points:
-the door to the space where the garden is should probably be left unlocked, i've tried a couple of times to have a look/ "interact" but to no avail
-i really love houseplants
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