A Dandelion... Why?
In the meanings given to the dandelion we recognize the scope of our project:
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hope that opens up a horizon of cultural equitability
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resilience since dandelion roots are noted for their resilience and persistence - even if all the leaves are taken off the flower still comes back
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freedom that comes from the civic duty of creating critical and relevant information
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optimism that emerges from the ethical, moral commitment with social justice - the dandelion yellow flower is the brightest in the urban environment in which they can thrive and metamorphose into a thousand parachutes, each with possibilities and ideas
Dandelions and Children's Games...
Picking up a dandelion flower
blowing away its seeds
following their scattered flight
and laughing with their swinging
Now waving them goodbye
because somewhere else is welcoming those seeds.
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The dandelion recalls us of children’s games driven by multiple possibilities, generative and transformational.