The Words that Remain: Your stories
A new community edition of Dandelion Seeds 📚
Hello there! And welcome to Dandelion Seeds, an illustrated newsletter that is hand-painted and hand-lettered, from my desk to yours.
Today I have the honor of sharing a new community edition of Dandelion Seeds — a collection of stories written by you, illustrated and hand-lettered by me, and inspired by this question:
What is a word that has remained with you?
I first had the idea for The Words that Remain while I was working on one of my latest illustrated essays. But the project has taken on even more meaning for me in the past few weeks, in a time when the world feels especially heavy and dark.
The five stories in this collection represent a range of languages and cultures — from Swahili and Swiss German, to Māori and Turkish. But they all speak to the universal power of our words: to bless others, to wish them well, to show that we love and care.
Perhaps now more than ever, we’re in need of words like these.
Thank you to everyone who shared a word that has remained with you, and I hope you’ll enjoy spending time with these stories as much as I did.
With love,
Candace
Thank you again to everyone who shared the words that have remained with you, especially
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I loved this, especially the last story where the people in the group would ask "what is this." We played a similar game on the kibbutz with a young boy who would hang out with us. "Ma zeh" what is this." We'd point to something and he'd give us the Hebrew word for it.
Gorgeous piece Candace, and lovely to see my word featured ❤️ Thanks so much 😊