Geoff VonBurg, a horticulturist at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, took his turn at the blogger’s keyboard Sept. 11. Here’s an excerpt:
“Before I arrived at the IMA, I worked in the for-profit, residential landscaping trade. During the period of January through mid March when work would pause due to ice and cold, I sometimes worked as a substitute teacher. I enjoyed the time in classrooms at Pike High School except for one problem: more than half the classrooms had no windows. I would arrive in the dark morning and leave in dusky afternoon. I felt like a plant unable to photosynthesize. Worse, I had no connection to the world, no sense of wind, rain, heat or cold, nor natural sound. I felt like I had been numbed and wrapped in cotton balls.”
