Progression
Well it's Sunday afternoon, so I just about managed to sneak in my weekly blog post! Quite a lot has happened this week, so I've not managed to find the time to update you all with my progress, so here goes. Firstly, my idea developed somewhat since my last couple of posts, and I have updated my official proposal accordingly. Most remains the same, but the title will be "Encapsulation, Dispersal and Putting Down Roots" and the work I create will be a metaphor for human migration. In addition to my previous posts, I will also be researching the human parallels. For example, for encapsulation I will look at how the seed is formed, how the parent plant encapsulates it within a seed pod while it is forming & how this disintegrates to allow the seeds to disperse. How resilient the individual seed casings need to be to protect the precious life form inside, the layers of protection and how it softens to allow the seedling to emerge. For the human parallel I will l