Matt Makes Mosaics

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My friend Matt makes mosaics.

Amazing mosaics.

Many are about books.

This one especially. It’s the story of “Watership Down”.

As Matt explains ...

The lower-left square on the codex depicts Sandleford Warren, where Fiver has his first vision of the field covered with blood (note the sign with the strange markings on it).

From there they journey to the right, crossing a river and a road …

… to the lower-right square, which is Cowslip’s warren, with the wires and the strange rabbits sitting in a perfect circle. On that square, Fiver’s vision is of the black rabbit of Inlé and a deadly wire.

The barn in the center is where they battled the rats.

Watership Down is above the barn where Frith shines down on them.

To the left of the barn, the third square is Nuthanger Farm, with a cat and a dog. Fiver’s vision here shows a crown inside a circle, representing his vision of the wounded Hazel taking refuge in a drainpipe.

At upper right is Efrafa, with its black rabbits arranged into battalions and one large rabbit at the head of the army. Behind them is the iron road, the River Test, and the stone bridge. Here Fiver’s vision is of the boat on the river and their means of escape.

At the upper left of course is Kehaar returning to the Beeg Vater.

The left side of the mosaic is an aerial view of the novel’s terrain, along with some key words from the story. (And a puzzle, whose answer Matt asked me not to reveal.)

To see more of Matt’s Mosaics, visit his Instagram page.

To read more about the book, take a look at an article I wrote a few weeks ago:“Everything I Need to Know About Leadership I Learned from ‘Watership Down’.”

Until next time, happy reading.

— Jeff

PS. You can visit the real Watership Down. It makes for a lovely excursion from London, especially when you pair it with the nearby Highclere Castle (“Downton Abbey”) and the Bombay Sapphire distillery. (Credit Matt for that tip.)

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