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Personifying Nature

11/29/2020

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Ceres Compendium Operum Virgilianorum (serietitel), RP-P-OB-16.012.jpg

Depiction of Demeter (Ceres), goddess of seasons
By Rijksmuseum - http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.322506, CC0, Link

​Humans are a complex thing.  We are among the few species on the planet capable of thinking outside ourselves, but are notoriously bad at realizing we never do this correctly.  That isn't to say humans aren't doing their best to understand others, but we tend to attempt this phenomenon by inserting ourselves into the other's place.  In theory, this allows us to consider how the other person is thinking and feeling.  In reality, we're only gaining an understanding of our own reactions to what that person is going through.  We're, simply put, not that other person.

Humans have also tried this tactic when confronted with complex topics.  As a species, despite our locations across the world, humans have created constructs to better understand this planet.  More often than not, we try to bridge that understanding by turning those complexities into people, personifying the mysterious or ambivalent.  Among those complexities are things like water, war, fertility, and, you guessed it, the Earth itself!  Let's dive in!

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Haikusday #50

11/24/2020

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Berry nebula
Clustered along ordered leaves
Sphere of candied orbs
Haikusday # 50
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Haikusday #49

11/17/2020

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​Festive leafy hats
Flowing yellow blouses, a
Branch of Carnival
Haikusday # 49
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Haikusday #48

11/10/2020

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​Gnarled ever reaching
Spiraling branch grasps beyond
Bounds of roots unseen
Haikusday #48
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Haikusday #47

11/3/2020

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​Aged ashen blotches
A weathered leathery shell
In living color
Haikusday #47
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