The Tree She Signed: Hannah Cohoon and the Art of Pure Intention

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The Tree She Signed: Hannah Cohoon and the Art of Pure Intention

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In January 1997, a small watercolor drawing made by a Shaker woman in rural Massachusetts sold at Sotheby's for nearly $300,000. Hannah Cohoon never left her community at Hancock. She never sought an audience. She simply received a vision of a blazing tree, painted it as honestly as she could, and did something almost no Shaker artist ever did --- she signed her name. In this episode, Harmonia reflects on what it means to make something purely, without ambition or audience, and how the Shaker aesthetic --- born from a community that turned its back on the world --- became one of the most enduring design languages in American history. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/tree-she-signed-hannah-cohoon-and-art-pure-intention Share and read comments: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=the_golden_thread&from_node=352

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