Peas and Beans

I've never really paid an attention to the clinging mechanism of beans and peas before this year. Now I'm fascinated by it. It tells a story about the difference between a pea and a bean.

it breaks down like this:

A pea would get beat up by a bean for getting all the questions right on Jeopardy.

A bean would make fun of a pea for not ever being able to make up its mind on what to order at a restaurant.

Here's what I mean:

From 050409

Beans cling with actual plant growth, the tendril (clad in a sandpaper-y skin and growing in an elongated spiral) becomes a stalk and sprouts leaves and flowers. Beans grow aggressively. The shoot that does the gripping is the plant. Beans put their money where their mouth is. They leap before they look. Beans go all-in ahead of the flop.

From 050409

From 050409

Peas grab with little fingertips (strong in tension but delicate, smooth tendrils packaged in groups, grow with a little barb at the end that is amazingly able to hold the whole plant while it waits for the other tendrils in the cluster to zero in on the support and join in). The pea plant grows alongside a support, reaching over to the structure. Peas don't like to get involved. They don't put all of their eggs in one basket. They separate work and play. Peas are French.

From 050409

They both wrap like a boa constrictor, mercilessly. They're both tenacious and optimistic. they're both delicious raw or cooked.

But they're very different. Are you a pea or a bean?

www.byersdesign.com