Capability Gray

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Video: Definitely Not the Opera

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba at Queen's Park

Friday, June 11, 2010

Video: One of the All-Time Greatest Love Songs

Doctor Robert belted it out at the Central

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Not Just in Other Peoples' Gardens

Somehow we all made it through the winter indoors.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Previous Musicians at Play

"Making Music While Other People Sleep" (detail)

About this Web Log

The 18th Century landscape architect Lancelot ("Capability") Brown was said to have acquired his nickname by frequently declaring that a given site was "capable" of becoming whatever he had in mind for it.

It could be said that a landscape architect is the most generous of artists. In many instances a planting does not reach its full maturity for several generations. The designer cannot hope to see the completed vista, which is planted anyway.

While not pretending to make anything so grand as the parks that are the legacy of Capability Brown, it is in the spirit of finding beauty in our environment, and sharing it with others, that this web log is published.