The proud tumbleweed
Scene of in transit (+bag)
What is it about tumbleweed that makes it so special? Having this ball of sticks travel long distances makes for quite the adventure but tumbleweed doesn’t deserve an introduction that starts out with “the graceful tumbleweed migrates east in search of water” but only with a more fitting humble beginning.
Across the arid soils of the American southwest, tumbleweed often roams the land twisting and turning in the wind. Hot dry air, rises out of the ground like lonely spirits but the tumbleweed doesn’t fear; and as arbitrary as it’s path may seem, the purpose of tumbleweed is critical. The secret lies in what it carries. Tumbleweed is a medium of life, not it’s end and the seeds it transports give the plant one last mission to fulfill. Every time the tumbleweed rolls into an obstacle, seeds are released upon impact and it’s difficult to not relate this to our lives. Not all seeds released on impact make it but it isn’t it admirable how much the tumbleweed sacrifices for those that do?
It’s only until the final scene when the proud tumbleweed finishes its journey. With broken branches, missing thorns and empty seed packs, it finishes its job like others have done before and only now can we see what a tumbleweed truly is under the layers of twigs—a parent.
Scene of in transit (+bag)
What is it about tumbleweed that makes it so special? Having this ball of sticks travel long distances makes for quite the adventure but tumbleweed doesn’t deserve an introduction that starts out with “the graceful tumbleweed migrates east in search of water” but only with a more fitting humble beginning.
Across the arid soils of the American southwest, tumbleweed often roams the land twisting and turning in the wind. Hot dry air, rises out of the ground like lonely spirits but the tumbleweed doesn’t fear; and as arbitrary as it’s path may seem, the purpose of tumbleweed is critical. The secret lies in what it carries. Tumbleweed is a medium of life, not it’s end and the seeds it transports give the plant one last mission to fulfill. Every time the tumbleweed rolls into an obstacle, seeds are released upon impact and it’s difficult to not relate this to our lives. Not all seeds released on impact make it but it isn’t it admirable how much the tumbleweed sacrifices for those that do?
It’s only until the final scene when the proud tumbleweed finishes its journey. With broken branches, missing thorns and empty seed packs, it finishes its job like others have done before and only now can we see what a tumbleweed truly is under the layers of twigs—a parent.