by Stephen Bell, Harpers Bazaar.
“Invariably, when people start to garden, they grow food first. But in every civilized civilization that you can think of, where [there] is the garden, it’s because they have enough to eat.
You only start to make a garden—grow things just because they’re beautiful, they inspire thoughtfulness, reflection—after you have enough to eat.. After you have enough to eat is when you can afford to do all sorts of things, mostly bad things. It’s when people have an excessive amount [that things can go wrong].”
Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker Made an Irreverent, Charming Kids’ Book
