{"id":11170,"date":"2026-04-07T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=11170"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:03:13","slug":"pollen-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/pollen-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollen Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"POLLEN SEASON\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUSQ4jb4nuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pollen Season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: Told from the perspective of a man trying to live his regular life when suddenly he realizes that it&#8217;s pollen season. The realization will set in all at once and while the world will seem normal at the beginning of the story, by the end he is surrounded by pollen and the world is covered in it. The story will follow his attempts to escape the onslaught of early spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong>: I chose this topic because I can personally relate to the terror of seeing the world suddenly get more and more covered in pollen as spring sets in. It struck me as a comedic premise for a tense story about a desperate escape<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10215007@N00\/52069852135\">Oak Pollen<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10215007@N00\">Carl M<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8316621@N07\/5541023501\">Live oak pollen<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8316621@N07\">charkesw<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11018968@N00\/13701429074\">Mottle<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11018968@N00\">Editor B<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=116217057\">2022-03-19 13 58 20B Cloud of pollen around an Eastern Red Cedar along a walking path in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Famartin\">Famartin<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8010145@N08\/3471663193\">#!@$ oak pollen source<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8010145@N08\">bptakoma<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/williambrawley\/4867472163\">Day 286, Project 365 &#8211; 8.6.10<\/a>\u201d by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/williambrawley\/\"> William Brawley<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\"> CC BY 2.0<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pollen_on_car_@_Annecy_(50969299446).jpg\">Pollen on car @ Annecy (50969299446).jpg<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/22539273@N00\">Guilhem Vellut<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Sad man&#8221; by ChrisHConnelly is licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88916555@N00\/2949673007\">raquy and natalia return to get a car<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/88916555@N00\">ampersandyslexia<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SHOT BY ME:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APARTMENT EXTERIOR BALCONY<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLLEN ON PARKING LOT GROUND<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLLEN ON PARKING LOT GROUND<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLLEN ON PARKING LOT GROUND<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pollen Season Synopsis: Told from the perspective of a man trying to live his regular life when suddenly he realizes that it&#8217;s pollen season. 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