At some point in my education, I learned that the nursery rhyme, Ring Around the Rosie, is about the Great Plague. Or maybe the Black Plague. That the “rosie” is either the bonfire used to burn the bodies of the dead or the rash on the skin of the victims. Or maybe both. The “posies” were used to keep away the stench of death which caught up to everyone eventually because we “all fall down.”

Recent research from folklore historians unveils a different truth—it’s simply a childhood game, devoid of the darkness attributed to it over the centuries.

Through this animated creation, I explore the innocence of childhood pastimes and the tendency to overlay them with sinister interpretations. It prompts reflection on how frequently we project malevolence onto harmless aspects of life.

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