New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Pod of Walrus

Another collective noun – today, a Pod of Walrus. Walrus appear to be  collective noun in of themselves, like “deer” or “fish”. Although, to be technical, when speaking of a group of different fish species, it is accurate to say “fishes”. P is a letter in the collective noun alphabet rife with possibility – it was hard to make a choice faced with options such as a prickle of hedgehogs, a passel of hogs, or the classic pride of lions. I stand by my decision – walrus are fun to draw.

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”

– from the Walrus and the Carpenter, Lewis Carroll