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Metsuki
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Disobedient Nature by Metsuki

May 5th, 2008 7:35 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Search for, find, document an example of nature refusing to yield to or blending itself into a construction of modern man.

Document with photos when possible.

Examples should document situations where man has put up some restraint for nature and nature has disobeyed. While trees or other permanent plants are preferable, a basic example would be plants that grow in the cracks of the sidewalk.

For those that have tangled with English Ivy they know what a tyrant it can be. If taking out native plants wasn't enough, it tricked my college into allowing it to climb up its buildings and tennis court. Not even the power of Jesus scares English Ivy we suppose.

Anyway, Metsuki and I wandered around our campus documenting all the ivy we saw. When we first arrived at my school in fall, the ivy was more robust than in the documented photos. That's because it died over winter, but has been making a slow but strong and steady comeback. Both of us eagerly await when the ivy has grown strong enough to wrap it's self around the cross on top of Luther Hall.

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Luther Hall

Luther Hall

This was taken Fall 2007


Luther Hall

Luther Hall

This was taken late April 2008


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upclose

upclose


left side of Luther

left side of Luther

The ivy is slowly wrapping it's self around the building


it's taken over the windows

it's taken over the windows

When fall comes around, you won't be able to see out of them.


library

library

This buliding is adjacent to Luther Hall; just goes to show how contagious ivy can be.


it even spread to the tennis courts

it even spread to the tennis courts


man vs nature

man vs nature

We often lose tennis balls that are smacked into the ivy


slow beginnings

slow beginnings



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posted by Burn Unit on May 6th, 2008 3:05 PM

concordia university? ivy covered Luther Hall?

Zounds, you're here in Saint Paul!

Or perhaps not. Perhaps Wisconsin? If Wisconsin, please send pictures of Barth Hall immediately. Karl and I have ... a score to settle. . .

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posted by teucer on May 6th, 2008 3:17 PM

And if St. Paul, you should join us for Journey in September.

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posted by Metsuki on May 6th, 2008 5:40 PM

Not exactly. Metsuki and I do attend CU, but we're in Portland with all scientologists, atheists, psudeo-christians and other weirdos such as ourself.

If I was in Saint Paul we'd be all over that Journey like Tom Cruse on a volcano.