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.

Friday 10th July

As the Moon continues its waning journey towards the New Moon, it sits at the edge of the constellation of Aries, slowly transitioning into Taurus. This marks a movement from a fiery quality into a more earthly one. This transition may be felt subtly in our day. In biodynamic agriculture, we aim to become attentive to these subtle forces of the natural world, working with lunar and planetary rhythms in our gardens and on our farms. However, these practices should always come as an enhancement to good organic and regenerative practice, not as a replacement for it. At its heart, biodynamics works to bring the whole garden organism together: soil, plants, animals, compost, water, cosmos, and human care.