The title, Gardener of The World is taken from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, “Summer Sun”. It portrays the sun as little more than a harmless prankster, poking its nose into everything, “To please the child, to paint the rose.”. The underlying message might be understood more about dominance. The poem describes a sun that is endlessly successful at ways of defeating the attempts to escape it.

We know when the sun is angry, its rage is dispensed indiscriminately, with no favor given us and there is no way to avoid it. A catastrophic Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) may be a mere sneeze for the sun, but if directed our way, it could overwhelm us, altering the landscape of societies. It is one more example of the many ways we are tested for our fitness to be inhabitants of this wonderful place.

Surviving disaster depends on how prepared we are to adapt to variables while intuitively clinging to practical skills and a relationship with nature. The story Gardener of The World, examines the diverse manners in which individuals might respond to a severe, widespread CME by following their successes and failures. There are those who live digitally dependent lives, divorced from nature and will not understand. There are others who understand, but lacking any social conscience, see it only as an opportunity to take advantage of victims. Some who are aware, might very well accept it as a challenge. We would hope they would be drawn to cooperate in honorable relationships, with capabilities and friendship. All of these possible responses and more, are stories within the Gardener’s tale.

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