Many of the self-professed higher species point to the incorporation into their cultural values debates over such ultimately pointless, unaswerable questions such as “What is Art?” to justify their claims to sentience. If moulding mud and letting it harden and worshipping the results is considered a cultural high point, I declare whittling on fruit to be High Art.
Judging from his results, I believe a rather eccentric Terran by the name of Cliff Harris (a.k.a. qIl’IfSqey, or “Kliff-skee”) would agree with me. He has developed fruit-carving into an art form, and this season has chose to
honor the mighty Empire with one of his projects.
Though the design he uses is simple, it need not be. Anyone with the patience for stenciling (which rules out most of the Klingon population), a sharp, narrow blade (who doesn’t have one of those?), and spare vegetation to practice on could make a fire lamp bearing the crest of their house, or their ship’s mascot, or pay tribute to an accomplished relative with a portrait... I encourage Klingons in areas where suitable plant forms are readily available to experiment, and show us the results!
Warning: be sure to practice on plants that do not give off toxic fumes. It appears that in his enthusiasm, qIl’IfSqey neglected this bit of common sense and can no longer tell the difference between a fierce targh and a curious common Terran domesticat. Whether this impairment is permanent remains to be seen.
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