State Fair: corn to be wild

"The Boss: Corn in the USA" Bridget Edgar, Forest Lake

Crop art champions: Elana Dahlager, Saint Paul; Linda Paulsen, Hackensack; Kent Walton, Palm Beach (must be a snow bird?)

Some day, thousands of years from now, archaeologists will uncover the state fair grounds and conclude that it was a great religious ceremonial center, where people came to give offerings to the corn god.

"To have your portrait done in corn was believed to make a person immortal. It was a way of remembering past royalty like 'Lucille", who is associated with the goddess of laughter. Priests would annoint the images with colored ribbons, signifiying the pecking order in the afterlife."

See also "Comparing Notes: Wolfgang Amadeus Cropart"