"The miracle is not to fly in air, or to walk on water,
but to walk on earth."
Chinese Proverb
Thank you
Thank you to the trees.
An agave flower stalk from Portugal. The flower of the plant looks like a tall, strong tree. A eucalyptus seed from Portugal. Black locust from Serbia.
Love
Mysterious, possibly tropical seeds and seed pods, that I found in a second-hand shop in Basel. The branch is a contribution from a friend. It was found somewhere in Switzerland, a long time ago.
Adventure
Agave leaves from Portugal. I imagine it took many years for them to turn the way they are now. Shaped by strong winds, hot sunshine, salty air, red soil, rain...refreshing rain...bugs, snails...
Driftwood from Portugal – once a tree, then a window frame, then a float. I so wish I could talk to it and hear it’s adventures. Eucalyptus seeds from Portugal. Wood chips from China. They were imported from China to Switzerland, and then used to cover the gardens around the school where I work. They came with mycelium of a stinky mushroom. The mushrooms grew. The stench made many of us run into the school, and this is not a usual sight :-)
Stargazing
A piece of rock from the Scottish Highlands. A piece of rotting and disintegrating wood from Basel, found near Dorfbach, a little stream nor far from where I live. A piece of wood from a forest in Jura, Switzerland. An alpine rose branch from Safiental, Switzerland. Anis stars. Two pili nuts – from somewhere in the world.
Blossoming
The base is a rock from Engelberg, Switzerland. Driftwood and pebbles from the coast of the North see. All pieces contributions from dear friends.
Walkabout
“Walkabout is a rite of passage in Australian Aboriginal society, during which males undergo a journey during adolescence, typically ages 10 to 16, and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months to make the spiritual and traditional transition into manhood.” Wikipedia
Two pieces of baryte mineral rock found at a street flea market. A piece of driftwood from Engelberg. A hat needle from a passed era – origin unknown.
Dancer
Pebbles from a Portuguese beach.
Caring
The body is a piece of wood from a forest in the Jura region, Switzerland. The head was a bend in a root system of a tree, that was sticking out, and broken, on a walking path in Reichenbach in Kandertal, Switzerland. A limpet shell from Donegal, Ireland.
Wild
A rose-acacia seed pod (this is what I believe it is). A piece of wood from near Dorfbach, Basel. A piece of slate rock from Landesplattenberg Engi, Switzerland.
Happy
A rock from a park in Livorno, Italy. An unknown seed from a second-hand shop in Basel, rusty nails from Serbia.
Time to Transform
Pieces of metal and aluminium found on the streets of Ribamar, Portugal. Streets in Portugal are not cleaned as often as streets in Switzerland. Lost things have time to transform and change their shapes. A piece of Bog Oak from the depts of the bog from the UK, Peterborough.