numbers don’t lie

i don’t know how trends start. i do know that two potential clients in the last two months have asked me for insect photos. in my very limited world, that constitutes a trend. there is also a current of thought in the sustainability movement that has begun pushing the idea of insects as the most humane and sustainable form of protein, such that this previously unthinkable notion has made it into what i might call the outer edge of the outward fringe of the mainstream. if bugs are about to find their place in the sun, metaphorically speaking, then i have spent a lot of years as an unknowing trendsetter, sweeping up and preserving the remains of exhausted insects from my kitchen floor, after they have failed to fly through our skylights into the summer air. or, as e.o. wilson much more eloquently put it, when asked for his thoughts on the nature of god, “well, he must have been inordinately fond of beetles.”

collection of moth and butterfly wings

saint paul, minnesota

  • That beetle quote made me smile. Your photo is beautiful. If two requests is a trend, I suppose three could be considered going viral?

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    • Hi Kathleen,
      Totally agree, two is not a trend unless the two requests happen to be from large national retailers who are recognized as trend leaders.
      Then one must wonder what’s in the air?!?
      Mary Jo

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  • margie says:

    i kind of feel like that beat up one in the bottom left corner after my up close and way to personal pat encounter on the weekend ( check back a on instagram if you missed the story) . That beetle quote is an old favourite

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  • Cool. Here’s to an ‘unknowing trendsetter’ who takes beautiful photos having a well-deserved moment in the sun.

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