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  • Modern Collage
  • For the Culture
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  • Wisdom in a Box Fortunes
  • Print Gallery
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Welcome to the Watermelon page

The Watermelon Story

 The fruit that quenched thirst and soothed summer’s heat was more than just food—it was commerce. But prosperity invited resentment. Cartoons and caricatures twisted the image of the watermelon, weaponizing it against the very people who sought to reclaim their dignity through it. A fruit that once symbolized survival became an instrument of ridicule. 

 Generations later, the watermelon carries a new legacy—a symbol of resilience, of reclamation, of stories told through art and culture. Every slice carries history, but also renewal. What was once exploited has been reclaimed, sweetened by the truth of those who tilled, harvested, and thrived despite it all. 

 From the hands that once bled to the hands that now create—this is the fruit of our labor, the art of our resistance, the wealth of our ancestors. 

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