pollen gallery

This gallery is home to an assortment of artwork contributed to pollen, or made as part of the project. Over time, this page will grow and change, shining a light on different creations. We thank everyone who has contributed their time and feelings to the project through art and hope to draw creators, of all sorts, towards pollen in the years to come.

A poem by lizmnk 

mother tells me a story,

of life cycles she has seen

one never eclipsing the other, but 

interwoven in a great synchronicity 

life before blooming, life after carcass 

and visions of the past permeating her roots

running through my veins.

the story goes,

once there was a seed, buried under earth,

borne of love and breath,

which then became a leaf, 

and through great strife became a tree

supported by its community of bigger trees

her mother tree, a force of productive and creative energy

and her father, a being with many roots

magic, it seems, peddles life here 

in this vast dimension we call earth

we are made of collective dreams and 

operations

blood and water

breath and wind

earth and skin

we are reflections and

our branches start, end and meet 

like how the sky meets the sea

endlessly

Paintings by Alicia Van Den Abeele

pollen talks with water diplomat, Léna Salamé