I buy cut flowers at the grocery store from time to time. I’m sure that the person who rings me up thinks I’m buying them for a girlfriend or a wife, but I’m currently unattached. I buy them for myself.
The Japanese have raised flower arranging to an art form. I think of it every time I place the flowers one by one into a vase. I aspire to beauty, but I have no idea what I’m doing. I just go about it quietly and mindfully. That’s the whole point, really – I buy flowers for myself when I need a little inner peace. Sometimes I stay in that place by photographing them, moving in close, looking for a beautiful composition. Such was the case this day. I leave it to you to decide whether I succeeded.
Last updated on 10 March 2020 by Jim Grey
Yup. Success! Flowers do have a calming effect. I’m also sad when they die.
Me too, but that’s also because they’re so expensive.
Yeah, true!
Ah, flower Zen. Brilliant flowers give me energy; soft colors provide peace; planting and tending to them provides therapy; all are a reminder of God’s presence and His amazing artistry.
True dat!
I feel relaxed just reading this post :)
Glad I could provide a moment of zen!
Yes! “quietly and mindfully” I can only imagine the enhanced beauty you experience because you do this.
And enhanced peace. I can never have enough peace!
I think those rude flowers should cover those things up!
Flower porn!
It is ,no doubt sad that it dries , or dies, but by shooting it nicely you have turned it into a joy, forever.
Isn’t photography great for that?
I think you succeeded. I think getting a whole flower into good focus is a nice test for focusing skills.
I hang my head in shame — I used autofocus. If I recall correctly, I did have to try a whole bunch of times to get autofocus to do what I wanted to, though.