Ideas need light to grow…
December 11, 2018
Ideas need light to grow… design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Ideas need light to grow… a conversation
Bird: And air!
Oak leaf: parvis e glandibus quercus
Lil’ Wum: Bird-brains… Translation: Tall oaks from little acorns grow… whew!
Merry VIV: Posterity explores ancestors through printed leaves.
During the Women’s March in 2016, and image of an acorn on a poster showed that buried ideas can grow. An idea can take centuries to unfold, yet appear to turn on like a lightbulb. Parvis e glandibus quercus means that great things often have small beginnings. This is an early variant of ‘mighty oaks from little acorns grow’ found in Geoffrey Chaucer’s epic tragedy of two lovers Troilus and Criseyde (1374),”as an ook cometh of a litel spyr” [meaning sapling] that came from the ancient Greeks via Boccaccio.
“Bug Rap” Featuring L’ Wum & K-T-Did
December 5, 2018
Familiar things are comforting; that’s why little children like to hear the same stories over and over again. Lil’ Wum is actually the farmer’s friend, he helps to improve the soil and nurtures organisms and increases the amount of air and water that get into the soil and leaving behind castings that provide valuable fertilizer. A plant’s roots allow it to receive the nutrients that Lil’ Wum carries. What Lil’ Wum does not realize is that the bird flying above carries a seed that could become a great plant. Drawing by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
K-T-did: What’s up! Zit! Zit!
Lil’ Wum: Bu’d a buv
K-T-did: Yeh, Yeh… click
Dragonfly: Talk to me… Whush!
K-T-did: Lisp… lisp… zit! Click!
Dragonfly: Whush!
Bee: Buzz lisp… lisp… zit! Oh dang!
While the lil’ critters fretted, the “bud” dropped a seed that would grow tall.
Meanwhile, the “bud” carried a maritime plant seed that grew into a giant thistle on an island where it took root and was given the space to grow. Drawing by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
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