MOSS
Embracing intimacy with moss
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“Stories are never just stories, the stories we tell come to describe the way we shape the world (...) plants themselves constantly share their personal stories with us through shapes, colours, smells, sounds and astonishing behavioural choices. In doing so, they are already inspiring us to reenvision the world and assisting us in building the future and a new way forward for human societies. This is the REAL plant revolution. In this story, plants show no sign of being insensitive, object like organisms. In fact, the fast-accruing evidence from scientific research is a confirmation of the polar opposite”
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p106, Thus Spoke the Plant Monica Gagliano
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This moss was rescued from being cleared off a roof during a scheduled clean.
Festive3021_Mistletoe
Kissing under sprigs of mistletoe is a well-known holiday tradition, but this little plant’s history as a symbolic herb dates back thousands of years.The plant’s romantic overtones most likely started with the Celtic Druids of the 1st century A.D. Because mistletoe could blossom even during the frozen winter, the Druids came to view it as a sacred symbol of vivacity.
It’s tradition to remove a berry for each kiss, no more berries, no more kissing! If you can't find mistletoe play the game with some other berry laden greenery. If (like me) you have no one romantic to kiss, kiss your family, kiss your friends and even kiss yourself! After all….
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde
Festive3021_Holly
We will find a better system than capitalism in the future. Our celebrations and ceremonies will be reimagined, they were here before our current system and they can be there after. I love the festive period, I see it as a timeless celebration of life over death, the darkest of months is the perfect time for feasting and decorating.
Holly and ivy are two evergreen plants that are closely associated with the festivities, they were used during winter solstice celebrations to ward off evil spirits and celebrate new growth. In pagan times, holly was thought to be the male plant and ivy the female.
Here I am wearing my Christmas Couture, which I made from my mums old curtains, and a very, very old dressing gown given to me by my Grandmother.