Dandelion
by Jordan Henderson
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Title
Dandelion
Artist
Jordan Henderson
Medium
Drawing - Charcoal
Description
The humble dandelion is a flower that is vastly underappreciated.
Oh, I know. If a person’s goal in life is to have a manicured lawn that looks like a carpet or a golf course, then the dandelion is a wretched, evil weed, something to be plucked and picked and poisoned and utterly destroyed.
One has to admire anything, anyone, that can inspire such action against it.
But the interesting thing about the dandelion, other than its determination to live and grow and be part of its landscape, is that it has many medicinal properties. Of course, given that the USDA has not stamped its approval on the dandelion – notably because it can’t be patented by a drug company and sold, in aberrant form, for an outrageous profit – many people don’t know about the properties and potential of this humble, ubiquitous weed.
The charcoal drawing, Dandelion, is one of a series of drawings I did for the dystopian romance novel, Much Ado about Corona, by Canadian author John Manley. Other drawings in this series and on this site include Moose, Beaver, Turtle in Charcoal, Arrest and Maple Leaf, and I encourage you to check out the drawings as well as the novel itself, which can be found at https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/much-ado-about-corona-john-c-a-manley/1141363425.
I also encourage you to look more closely into the dandelion itself – its history in folk medicine, and how it is being used today. Many people drink dandelion tea, which by itself has a bit of a bitter taste, but mixed with licorice leaves for sweetness, is quite pleasant.
And the dandelion itself is beautiful! Wordsworth wrote a poem about yellow fields of daffodils, which are indeed beautiful, but so also is a field (not the suburban, obsessive lawn) of bright yellow dandelion blossoms, inviting us to stop what we’re doing and just enjoy the view.
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August 3rd, 2022
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