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Lesson from a dragonfly - May 6th 2017, 12:31 AM

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I learned from the female dragonfly
That when a male dragonfly gets sexually aggressive
And she fears he will assault her
She falls to the ground
Her body sprawled,
Fakes her death
The male dragonfly leaves her alone
She springs back to life and runs away

Maybe I should fake my death
Next time a guy advances on me
Maybe I should practice from now
I have a feeling, it is going to happen again
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Re: Lesson from a dragonfly - May 6th 2017, 05:47 AM

This was a really interesting perspective. There are a lot of parallels we can draw from instances in nature, and incorporating them into creative pieces like this is always good to see.


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Re: Lesson from a dragonfly - May 7th 2017, 03:02 AM

I couldn't have said better than Chess!


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Re: Lesson from a dragonfly - May 7th 2017, 11:35 AM

Well, I learnt something new today! Nature definitely gives interesting insights into struggles and how we compare as well. Thank you for sharing


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Re: Lesson from a dragonfly - May 15th 2017, 10:17 PM

I love this, however, I do hope you're okay.



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