Why Gnomes?

Gnomes serve as very important figures that symbolize forest conservation, the world of foraging and gardening, and the master craftsmanship accompanied by all of the trades presented beautifully in the gnome book. There is a wonderful mystical element to gnomes that is really intriguing and provides a lot of room for creativity. Also, there is really well done concepts such as no matter how small you are, you can bring a lot of love and wonderment into the world without needing to be such a powerful large force. Even if you are a small as a gnome, you can do amazing things. The gnomes to The Woodland Lantern is a symbol for what we represent, which is making the world a brighter place through handcraft, teamwork, and love of nature.

Gnomes are master craftsmen, miners, house keepers, doctors, foragers, community members, and more. They symbolize the ideal lifestyle of The Woodland Lantern which is wake up to the rise of sunshine, harvest the garden, and spend the evening in the workshop with freshly sharp tools and a good slab of wood. At TWL, we aim to live like a Gnome where we are spending a lot of our days outside foraging ingredients for the kitchen or hand hewing a log to become a rectangle suitable to build a cabin. The quality of the craftsmanship of Gnomes is something to take note of as well. The Gnomes, as depicted in the book, have a very high level of quality in their craft so that emplifies on the work of The Woodland Lantern where we aim to have a certain quality standard to bring to our community. Besides quality, the gnomes have an energy of patience with proper planning in their craft. The lifestyle of the gnomes is what helps make daily life at The Woodland Lantern what it is and what it is shaping to be.

Gnomes to The Woodland Lantern is like fresh butter on a good piece of sourdough bread. They organize, inspire, and layout The Woodland Lantern so well that they are a permanent mascot-like feature and have been since the very beginning of The Woodland Lantern. Gnomes have a unique magic and ambiance to them that The Woodland Lantern aims at reflecting through our work of handcraft and nature. The gnomes so elegantly showcase that life in nature is and can be very luxurious and comfortable. I think often times when somebody says they want to live closer with Nature, the stigma is they are going to be roughing it cold and miserable out in the woods; When with the proper knowledge, planning, and course of action, life in more symbiotic balance with Nature is very comfortable, enjoyable, and fruitful to a well-lived life with family and friends. That is a main piece to the puzzle that The Woodland Lantern seeks to showcase. And with the help of our friendly Woodland Gnomes, we can accomplish great things. All in all, the gnomes elegantly showcase a folklore lifestyle of what it means to be in tune to the rhythms of the natural world. So, The Woodland Lantern hopes to bring the book to real life to show practical methodologies of how Humans can live in tune with nature.