Endlessly collecting dew, singing, and molting... these cicadas are getting on with the important business of life! Cicadas can symbolically represent many things, including reincarnation, personal transformation, and the songs of the countryside. We're particularly fond of this folklore from the Philippines:
The cicada, whose father is the sun and whose mother is the moon, is indolent and dependent upon others. As the sun sets, it cries for fear of losing its father who disappears over the crimson horizon. Left behind with feelings of abandonment, the cicada is anxious about his survival and attempts to end his life with an endless, longing cry.
"Cicada Brood" is an eight inch by eight inch square risograph print. It is printed on recycled cream paper, and printed with green, flat gold, and black.
