Group of Women

Joan Miró

Abstract screams ring across a smoky landscape. Bright colors try to break through, being choked by darkness that swirl around them leaving only the ghost of their presence behind. The figures reveal little of their origin, anthropomorphic shapes that exist in a nether-world of nature, changing species with each observation – save for the unmistakable mouth of a human that forms the central focus of this work. She is a woman, and she screams towards the sky in desperation in agony as the bombs of the Spanish civil war fall around her. Picasso had revealed Guernica, his masterpiece in protest of the same war, the previous year, and the pose of Miró’s screaming women matches almost perfectly that of a horse in the right of Picasso’s work. An almost unclassifiable artist, Miró’s work veered between surrealism, fauvism, and expressionism but remained always uniquely his own. Often childlike and plumbing the depths of his subconscious, this work oozes with a tragedy and darkness quite unusual for the artist known for his playful, witty works.

Wednesday 8th July

The Moon rises in the constellation of Pisces, bringing a watery quality to the day. This may outwardly manifest in flowing interactions with others, helping group decisions move forward with less friction. The quality of water is very important to biodynamic farms, and many collect rainwater or spring water to be used in the biodynamic preparations. Also arising out of biodynamic and Goethean scientific observations, flow forms have been designed as water features that provide an organ for the water, helping to enliven and rhythmically move it. Water can be understood to hold memory, and through the flow forms it transforms its quality, and is used to help keep ponds oxygenated, while also providing sensory therapeutic benefits, as the flow forms ebb and flow in a rhythmic pulsation.