What does the commons mean to you? For Creative Commons’ 25th anniversary, we posed this question to some of the people behind CC. In the second installment of our four-part series, Brigitte Vézina imagines the commons as a bonsai, shaped by collective care, creativity, and a little pruning. Catch up on Part 1, and stay tuned for another perspective in Part 3! https://creativecommons.org/2026/10/28/commons-stories-part-2/