{"id":21881,"date":"2026-02-20T16:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=21881"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:16:25","slug":"likes-the-landscape-artist-andy-goldsworthy-contemplates-his-own-natural-decay-the-new-yorker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/likes-the-landscape-artist-andy-goldsworthy-contemplates-his-own-natural-decay-the-new-yorker\/","title":{"rendered":"Likes The Landscape Artist Andy Goldsworthy Contemplates His Own Natural Decay | The New Yorker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-indieblocks-like\"><div class=\"u-like-of h-cite\"><p><i>Likes <a class=\"u-url p-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2026\/02\/16\/a-landscape-artist-in-winter\">The Landscape Artist Andy Goldsworthy Contemplates His Own Natural Decay | The New Yorker<\/a> by <span class=\"p-author\">Rebecca Mead<\/span>.<\/i><\/p><\/div><div class=\"e-content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> Other experiments have been similarly challenging, such as putting foraged objects in his mouth and then spitting them out. \u201cAs soon as you put a petal or a flower in your mouth, the whole perception of it changes,\u201d he explained, with undisguised glee. \u201cIt\u2019s bitter. Is it going to kill me? You know? Until it goes in your mouth, it\u2019s pretty. When it goes in your mouth, it\u2019s \u2018Oh, shit.\u2019 I love that.\u201d<br><br>The accessibility of his work, and his use of natural materials, means that it is often adopted by elementary-school curricula, and he has learned to smile politely when parents tell him that their kid \u201cmade an Andy Goldsworthy\u201d out of sticks, stones, and leaves.<br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I really enjoyed reading, glad I signed up to read it. I&#8217;ve certainly been guilty of encouraging pupils by showing them Andy Goldsworthy&#8217;s work. I enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/andy-goldsworthy-fifty-years\/\">Andy Goldsworthy \u2013 Fifty Years<\/a> in Edinburgh last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other experiments have been similarly challenging, such as putting foraged objects in his mouth and then spitting them out. \u201cAs soon as you put a petal or a flower in your mouth, the whole perception of it changes,\u201d he explained, with undisguised glee. \u201cIt\u2019s bitter. Is it going to kill me? You know? 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