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In the Soil, a Tree
Project type
Graphic Narrative, Comics, Illustration
Date
May 30, 2020
Location
India
"In the soil, a tree" is a quiet, contemplative antidote to news fatigue. Published on Scroll.in (2020) it was made in response to the news fatigue of the Covid 19 pandemic. It attempts to evoke the experience of a quiet, inward reverie one feels when standing outdoors and gazing at a vista; an experience most people did not have access to during the lockdown.
In the story, pointedly, nothing happens. The protagonist is a Frangipani tree and the story follows ants, birds and flowers in their interactions with the tree. In contrast to the breakneck pace of the news, 'In the soil, a tree' alters the reader's pace. It slowly illustrates a moment in a time parallel to us, where things are calm. Here is another kind of news: slow and gentle, about a tree.