A Portal to Complexity
September 14, 2014
Sunflower
“Almost any object of contemplation becomes a portal to the complexity of creation.”
— William deBuys, The Walk
Watercolor, crayon and ink sketch of sunflowers
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September 14, 2014 at 5:07 pm
Sunflowers are addicting for their beauty…you have brilliantly captured that beauty here Rosemary!
September 15, 2014 at 5:58 am
I love that you chose to pair a watercolor with the photo I liked best — the one that shows three views of the flower. The buds are more interesting than most people notice.
I wonder which came first: flower rays, or sun rays? Apparently, they both link back to Latin “radius”, which meant (ta-da!) the spoke of a wheel. Makes sense, no?
September 15, 2014 at 5:39 pm
When was the wheel invented? I wonder if our early ancestors called them rays before the invention of the wheel!! (I would say the sun came first, then the flowers, then the wheel.)