Dirt

There’s a really wonderful movement going on right now around the world that focuses on dirt.

Many farmers, ecologists, and gardeners are using everything from strategic grazing of cattle to closed loop farming techniques to retain and build the quality of their soil.

The thinking is simple: successful farming is mostly about how healthy your dirt is. Healthy soil = healthy plants = healthy livestock.

Healthy dirt launches a virtuous cycle of better yields, needing less pesticides, better resistance to severe weather, etc.

For musicians, dirt is our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health. And our art is the fruit that comes from tending them.

There’s nothing romantic, productive, or remotely logical about destroying health in the name of Art. Great art will come either because of healing and health, or in spite of being unhealthy.