i see a seahorse

i generally like to bend my vision to the objects i photograph and find the shapes in which they want to express themselves. but sometimes it’s fun to bend my objects to a vision, and this happened today, as i played with this virginia creeper vine, trying to help it find a perfectly pleasing sinuous shape before it wilted beyond recognition. at some point my husband and i both sat up and said, “it’s a seahorse!” and so my virginia creeper, so close to freedom and self-actualization, was conscripted back into servitude, breaking its back to labor in the fields of my selfish creativity.

virginia creeper vines (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)