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This series of photographs captures flowers as they transition from bud to bloom to death. Bouquets of flowers have a special symbolism in most cultures. Flowers mark every kind of occasion and are always given in a spirit of goodwill even when they're meant as condolences. As well, the deliberate selection, intentional arrangement, and desire to create beauty and symmetry as a gift, underscores the best of our humanity. The symbolism of flowers in combination with their fleeting grace is a poignant reminder of our own allure and frailty. Is it any wonder still life compositions are found in works of art through the centuries?

Downward Up
Descending Through Darkness
We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old dependency of day and night, Or island solitude, unsponsored, free, Of that wide water, inescapable. Deer walk upon our mountains, and the quail Whistle about us their spontaneous cries; Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness; And, in the isolation of the sky, At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make Ambiguous undulations as they sink, Downward to darkness, on extended wings.
Anther and Petal 1

Bouquet Storm
Seeding the Wind

Sassamatt

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