How ‘Pollinator Pathmaker’ Can Help Us See Like A Bee | DailyGood

British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg was asked to design a sculpture to raise awareness about declining populations of pollinators. After intensive research, she decided: “Instead of making a sculpture about pollinators, I thought it would be better to make a sculpture for pollinators.” She designs gardens to please birds, bats, moths, wasps, and beetles. Ultraviolet and even 15-dimensional color perception are only a few of the extraordinary visual gifts pollinators possess. “It’s crucial to highlight this very important concept that the world is not the same for everyone and the world that we see as humans is just one version,” Ginsberg says. Beauty for them “lies in the eyes of the bee-holder.” She believes a pollinator garden “gives us empathy and agency to care for them,” and hopes the gardens and pollinators will proliferate across the globe.



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