Comments on: What Watching Fireflies Can Teach You About Your Level of Adultitis

By: sriviji

sriviji — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:06:01 +0000

i took a project called “light museum” for my architectural thesis…v usually design buildings based on a concept…for me the moment i thought about light museum fireflies sparked in my mind…took a month to build my form lik a firefly (abstract) and made da tail part transparent…my faculties wer against it during the process for my direct linkin of light to firefly…bt atlast it workrd…my jurer found it so facinating…fruits for my labour…am happy too…so think lik a kid…it s more facinating… found ur article n happy to kno…ter s lot of people like me…so my faculties r suffering from adultitis…ha ha

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:53:35 +0000

In reply to Jenna aka Chief. Cool link, Jenna. I wonder what TSA's policy on bringing fireflies on board...

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:52:23 +0000

In reply to Laura Lawrence. Laura, you'll definitely have to make a visit to the Midwest to see them. It's quite a sight.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:50:55 +0000

In reply to Kent Graziano. Kent, I like the point about finding happiness in the moment. For me, it seems that digging up the answers always adds to the coolness of the universe in which we live.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:47:57 +0000

In reply to Erik. Ooh, good take, Erik. Anybody have any "fantastical" theories on where they go during the day?

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:46:56 +0000

In reply to Lance. Lance, I, too, felt like I lost a step in the art of firefly catching since my youth. I don't remember it being quite so difficult.

By: Jenna aka Chief

Jenna aka Chief — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:54:19 +0000

Growing up in Illinois farm country, it was so cool driving home at night and seeing the fields lighting up with fireflies! A few years ago I visited friends who had moved from the Midwest to Alaska and asked what I could bring. She told me that she wished her kids could enjoy lightning bugs the way she did growing up. Well, I didn't bring any fireflies in my suitcase, but I did find this cool build-your-own-firefly craft that the family totally enjoyed.

By: Laura Lawrence

Laura Lawrence — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:20:56 +0000

Living in California, we do not get the partake in the simple joy that fireflies bring (unless you go to Disneyland and ride “Pirates of the Caribbean”!). It is on my list of things I must experience before I die.

By: Kent Graziano

Kent Graziano — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:04:10 +0000

Well perhaps there is a 5th type – the Zen crowd – who looks upon the the beauty and creation that is the firefly and simply accepts that it “is” and that no explaination is required, not because they are lazy or too busy, but because there is happiness is that moment of marvel and in knowing what a cool universe we live in that has such fantastical creatures.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:11:12 +0000

I think there is a fourth kind of person—the one who has the questions pop into their head and then, rather than go look stuff up, creates a fantastical, imaginary theory for why fireflies glow and where they go in the daytime. That’s the kind of kid I find most fascinating and the surest cure for serious adultitis :-)

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:22:00 +0000

It was firefly-catching night at our house just a couple of evenings ago. My 10 year old an I. And his wonder at these little creatures is fascinating! And his excitement at catching them (and of having me catch them too – as I wasn’t nearly as adept at this as he was!) was energizing. We ran around the yard, filled our jar, watched them glow, and then let them go. And I’m pretty sure he asked how they turned their light on and off…and I never did get an answer for him, not a real answer…hmmm…I guess that puts me in the second type…hmmm…