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Imaginal discs

I am a bird from another world's garden,
I am your symbol system realized in a teacup,
Dionysus escapes exile on a flying saucer
and plays the disc, metamorphosis
I am the dirt between mushroom gills
On your grandiflora random walk
B'ware of the pluriverses!
King robin looks proudly down and sings
in a tune of rasping glee, Me —
and the ferns whirl in reverie

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This base image are two paintings by David Lynch, No Title [Bird on Branch and Three Plates] and Tea cup on a forest floor.

Synanim

Iteration 1

Sarah

Imaginal discs

Beware of the pluriverses!
Flying saucers
sometimes you just want to escape
ride on one of these to another world, discworld
play the disc,
metamorphosis
Reality is a grandiflora random walk
—
‘In the land of buzzing bees
buzzed a double dastardly bee
in a tune of rasping glee' Me

Maddie

i am a bird from another world's garden,
i am your symbol system realized in a teacup,
i am the quiet and startling magic,
the dirt between mushroom gills,
and ferns haphazard in reverie.


(or ferns whirling? you know that movement theym ake)

notes
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bill lynch - the exile of dionysus was 1 exhibit, bird from heavens garden
'glimpse at another world by close examination of this one'
he spent weekends drinking liquor and smoking pot and drawing ecstatically
tomaz salamun "i alone am"

Luke

Deep in the mushroom forest, rich with life
the trees bear fruit,
and each fruit contains its own world
with its own life, its own trees, its own fruit.
The king robin sits atop his branch and looks proudly down
at the many universes hanging from his tree,
he does not see that even his kingdom
is but a tiny pip

Iteration 2

Maddie

Imaginal discs
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B'ware of the pluriverses!

Many universes hang from this tree, you might not see that your kingdom is but a tiny pip. So play the disc, metamorphosis and meet me over here.

<> I am a bird from another world's garden,
I am your symbol system realized in a teacup.

Sarah

Imaginal discs

I am a bird from another world's garden,
I am your symbol system realized in a teacup,
Dionysus escapes exile on a flying saucer
and plays the disc, metamorphosis
B'ware of the pluriverses!
King robin looks proudly down and sings
a tune of rasping glee, Me —
and the ferns whirl in reverie

Lukei

Each day is a grandiflora random walk through another world's garden.
Look through the dirt between mushroom gills, and you will see that every fruit contains pluriverses. Be-aware!