Ever notice how flowers are more of a symbol than a being? We actually have a tendency to take natural things out of their environment and make cute pillows out of them. Like the one under my head right now. We do so many things with flowers. We make desktop photos of them with smiling faces. We print them all over our bedsheets and curtains. We cut them down and sell them in stores. We buy fake ones and set them out on our tables or pin them in our hair.
Isn't this somehow unethical? Maybe it's just the ridiculousness of it all that strikes me so much. I think it is rare that any of us see living versions of these flowers that we so frequently encounter is false forms. Do we even really appreciate them? There is something inside of us that is attracted to flowers. To their shape, their feel, their smell, their colors. Flowers are very sensual to us. But we transform them so much that the very things we appreciate with our senses are gone.
Recently, I have wanted to start a garden and grow vegetables, but maybe I should consider growing flowers just for the beauty they bring. Sure, it's important to do functional things, but there is also a time to simply do something for the joy it brings. That's a lesson I've recently been learning in life. I need to take time off from all my daily "to do's" and do things just because I enjoy them. *Note to self*
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