water lily stems don’t need to be strong. they need to be flexible. if you pull a lily pad from the water, the stem has no resistance or strength. but that’s not its job. its job is to stay flexible so that it doesn’t snap under the force of wind or current. and, astoundingly, its other job is to conduct oxygen from the leaf to the root, by means of pressure built up in the air spaces of the leaf tissue when the young leaf is heated by the sun. in other words, sometimes you need a soldier and sometimes you need a poet. thank heavens for both of them, but don’t put this delicate specialist into battle. let it float motionless, soak up the heat of the sun, and contemplate it’s very narrow conclusions on the meaning of existence.
dried water lilies
turtle lake, saint paul, minnesota
i know i’m supposed to say something very thoughtful and eloquent and maybe even a little bit moving about this complicated assemblage that took so long to put together. but the truth? the truth is, it was just fun. i got to spend an afternoon with a friend i’ve known since colllege, who, like me, is nurturing a young creative practice, and we just played for a while with the materials we had, while i was supposed to be preparing my house for a photo shoot. that’s my thoughtful and eloquent and slightly moving defense of my afternoon spent in diligent work avoidance, making something beautiful that i love with a good friend. damn. good enough for me.
a collection of bits and pieces from the collector’s desk
saint paul, minnesota
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Hi I’m following your blog for a while now. Congratulation to your really clean and goog pictures. I should take it as a goal to make the same quality :-)
I was wondering wheater you like to link your “Natur-ART” Mandala you posted today at my collection on
http://gartenkraut.blogspot.ch/2015/10/natur-art-im-oktober.html
I’d be pleased and you could show it to some other people to.
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Okay a photo shot at the house. I remember that you said you had a surprise coming and would be able to tell us soon. Did I miss the big reveal? I’d love to have this image hanging in my house! How can we get copies??
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i prefer to keep STILL blog subjects local, found, and wild. but i’m not good at following rules, even my own. as a result, and due in part to a photo shoot that dropped this image in my lap, here is your sunday morning lily, nonlocal, purchased, and very very domesticated. enjoy.
lily
saint paul, minnesota
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love the pink theme in the last few photographs
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i’ve always been attracted to the colors between the colors. the yellowy greens of spring. the russet reds of fall. here i like the reds inside the greens, the greens inside the whites. the almost reds and the not-quite pinks. i could look at this for quite a while.
burning bush
saint paul, minnesota
all this comes with strings attached xx
ba dum chhh
Your photo and description are equally beautiful.
Many warriors are also poets.