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Scioto Mile 2

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DJBC Holiday Tumblr Throwback - Downtown Columbus Winter Fest (2017)

Christmas in Downtown doesn’t seem to feel like Christmas Downtown.  Yes, the tree at Columbus Commons is up.  Yes, the lights are both up at the Commons and Bicentennial Park. However, the Window Displays are not up this year at the Lazarus Building (out of concern due to the protests caused over six months ago in and around Downtown Columbus).  And on the other side of Downtown, there are no lights at the Topiary Park (with the Library being closed, naturally).  Here are highlights from the 2017 Winter Fest at the OSU Urban Arts Space (in the Lazarus Building), Bicentennial Park, and Columbus Commons in Downtown Columbus.

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“The Scioto Mile” - Columbus, OH

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Scioto Mile 1

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Catching Pokemon downtown has become my life

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Centuries ago, an Indian child named Pickaweekee came to this pool with his HOUND to spear fish for his supper. His HOUND drank from the pond and instantly he turned into a hard metal called bronze. The child was frightened, but two friends from the forest appeared, BROTHER OWL and SISTER EAGLE.

Now OWL was wise and told of new people in the land. OWL said these people had strange tools that could be used for good or evil.

Pickaweekee asked OWL, “How can my HOUND come out of bronze?”

OWL said, “See this stalk the strangers left? It is a pump. Pull its handle and ancient water will come from deep below the pool. Where this water flows as a creek there are answers.”

Pickaweekee walked to the pump and pulled its handle.

Now EAGLE, who was listening, had great sight; she could see far beyond and said, “The creek flows past two creatures; see their tracks by the pool? Go find them and learn their secrets.”

Then OWL spoke again saying, “The secret of LION is Courage. The secret of the UNICORN is Power. Learn their weaknesses and you will learn their secrets. But return when you have visited the sacred tree which stands alone.”

Now Pickaweekee was a careful child, he was not sure that he understood; so SISTER EAGLE added, “You have all that you need. Do not be like the GRIFFIN with two wings and four feet. Such a creature is afraid to be wrong.”

So Pickaweekee followed the creek to the LION. Now the LION was afraid of nothing that it could see, or hear, or smell, so the child slipped behind a waterfall where the LION could not see, or hear, or smell him. Then Pickaweekee reached through the falling water and pulled the LION’S tail. The LION became afraid and the clever child took the LION’S courage.

Leaving the waterfall and crossing the creek Pickaweekee came to the UNICORN who was pretty and pleased with himself (because he thought that he knew everything). The child was surprised to see a large horn in the creature’s forehead. It looked powerful. Pickaweekee took something from his pouch to eat and the UNICORN’S eyes opened wide. Taste was the UNICORN’S weakness. The child held out the gum made from the milkweed that grew in his mother’s garden.

Pickaweekee said, “UNICORN, chew this gum if like.”

Now the UNICORN could not ask a question (because he knew everything), so he took the gum and chewed ... and chewed. Then he drank some water and chewed again and then .. his mouth stuck shut!

The clever child whispered, “Let me help you, I can pull open your mouth.”

Pickaweekee grabbed the large horn and he pulled and pulled until all of the UNICORN’S power was out of his horn.

The child again followed the stream until he came to a wonderful TREE, standing all alone. He understood that he had to act. So brave Pickaweekee hugged the TREE And ran three times around it (because three is a good number). Then he turned and three more times he circled the TREE the other way.

At that moment the power of the UNICORN returned to the UNICORN and the courage of the LION returned to the LION. But the child was not afraid because he had learned their secrets.

Suddenly, Pickaweekee heard the HOUND barking. The LION roared, the UNICORN snorted and they charged, but the two creatures stepped in the creek and were turned to bronze.

Again Pickaweekee jumped the creek with his HOUND as BROTHER OWL and SISTER EAGLE swooped down from on high. Together they fled to their people in the forest, where their spirits guard the secrets of the LION and UNICORN to this day.

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Scioto Mile fountains by Doug