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ArtistHighly Textured salt infused Watercolor, oil pastel, ink painting of fairies dressed in high embroidered gilded royal clothing, all with two sets of irridescent translucent wings attached to their backs in the upper centre between their shoulders, dancing, forest, soft moonlight, cosmos, cosmic dust, mist, 1600s, Arthur rackham, Luigi Bechi, Rembrandt, James Holland
Poem by
Katherine Davis
The soft stars are shining
The moon is alight
The folks of the forest
Are dancing tonight
O swift and gay
Is the song they sing
They float and sway
As they dance in a ring
O seek not to find them
The wee folk so fair
They’re shy as the swallow
And swift as the air
If you come they are gone
Like a snowflake in May
Like a breath like a sigh
They vanish away
FAERIES AND MUSHROOMS
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
WELL, WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…
If you come, they are gone,
like a snowflake in may,
Like a breath, like a sigh,
they vanish away!
THIS REMINDS ME …
OF HOW…
Mushrooms appear
and disappear
QUICKLY
Often
here one day,
and
gone the next!
Unlike plants
which we can experience
for at least
one season!
WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…
snowflakes
It brings to mind
a snowfall
where
there are
MORE flakes
than you can count
just as
it would be
difficult
to count
the
1-2 million species
of fungi.,
or even
the spores
going out
into the air.
Meanwhile, just so you know, all of the fairy poems
shared were gathered (some written by me) a few years prior
to discovering Paul Stamets and his mushroom work. At the time
I was trying to connect, especially children, to nature with
a bit of fun by incorporating fairies, along with nature activities.
Then, when I discovered Paul Stamets and his work with mushrooms,
I thought in a way, I had discovered a holy grail to many of our environmental
problems, which has always been a core interest of mine.
This influence from Paul Stamets began around 2010 to the present.
However, because of one interview which I thought was not
in his usual style of being straight upfront, in fact, appeared to be
over-acting, I began to question the ground upon which he stood.
The following link I think gives a fair assessment and balance to all
in his regard, so perhaps, in the end, we may not throw out the baby
with the bathwater.
https://seismicspore.com/paul-stamets-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
