The community garden plot, number 10. It was unique in that it did not have rows of seeds identified by their individual packets, succulents in their geometric beauty, or organized rows of blossoms. His plot … “intentional neglect” … the phrased he used while on a photo walk through London’s cemeteries.

Community plot number 10 … today, a row of rocks intentionally placed on the boarder … parallel to seedlings … messaging life, beginning new.

Yet … these rocks carefully defining the border of plot number 10 by a person unknown invites a remembering of stones carefully placed upon graves … silent messages of individual memory, presence, permanence, and respect.