FORESIGHT Puzzle

285 piece (12" x 16.5”) puzzle featuring “FORESIGHT,” a painting by Naima Penniman that is the dedication art for the groundbreaking book “Farming While Black" by Leah Penniman. 

The puzzle comes in a Kraft Cylinder Box with the final image stickered on it.

From the artist: "I created this painting to honor our visionary foremothers who braided seeds of prophecy into fertile crowns, as an act of resilience in the face of the most horrifying journey imaginable. I represented the black-eyed pea because it is a sacred food indigenous to Africa that is staple throughout the diaspora. The black-eyed pea is part of so many beloved dishes (akra pwa, acaraje, hoppin' john...) and is a symbol of prosperity, blessings, and fertility. Also black-eyes peas are legumes that build soil health, like alchemists taking nitrogen from the air and giving it back to the earth, a method popularized by George Washington Carver, who was born into slavery and overcame unthinkable obstacles to become a pioneering agricultural scientist.

What are the barriers in your life that feel impossible to push past?

What are the oppressions that seem so entrenched in the fabric of our society?

What are the seeds we can smuggle in the face of that, that might find a future on fertile ground?!"