He suggests that art evolved as a byproduct of other human skills and needs, including conspicuous consumption, and that aesthetic pleasure originates in our practical appreciation of "cues to understandable, safe, productive, nutritious or fertile things in the world".
The nymphs were usually associated with fertile, growing things, such as trees, or with water.
The series will doubtless prove to be a fertile image bank for things to come, and there's no question that Ms. Gallagher's work is playing its multivalent role with increased assurance.
But mostly because what I discovered after a year was that Gawker was fertile ground for many things – ego, fame, alacrity, wit, a quick turn of phrase – but kindness was not one of them.
"All of those things create the fertile ground that can create more abuse situations," she said.
He also has found wonderfully fertile terrain by simply doing things that small boys dream of.
Yet nitrogenous compounds are found in all fertile soils, in all living things, in many foodstuffs, in coal, and in such naturally occurring chemicals as sodium nitrate (saltpetre) and ammonia.
"It was a very fertile time," says Weaving. "One thing leads to another and I loved that sense of exploration as a company, of moving forward as a unit".
Once you have allowed for all of your chickens to establish a flock together, you can expect them to do their thing and give you fertile eggs.
"If you came in from the outside and were able to put things together, it was fertile territory," he said.
