In
joy and sadness, flowers are our constant friends. We eat, drink, dance, and
flirt with them. We wed and christen with flowers. We dare not die without them.
We have worshipped with the lily, we have meditated with the lotus, we have
charged in battle array with the rose and the chrysanthemum. We have even
attempted to speak in the language of flowers. How could we live without them? It
frightens one to conceive of a world bereft of their presence. What solace do
they not bring to the bedside of the sick, what a light of bliss to the
darkness of weary spirits? Their serene tenderness restores to us our warming
confidence in the universe even as the intent gaze of a beautiful child recalls
our lost hopes. When we are laid low in the dust it is they who linger in
sorrow over our graves.
The
Book Of Tea,
Kakuzo
Okakura
Nothing lifts a drab old side table more than a potted jar of peonies spreading sweetness and light to all within its reach. A rusty old urn carelessly stuffed with flowers and left on a windowsill in a rickety old cottage has the same uplifting effect as an exquisite flower arrangement gracing the foyer of a grand mansion.
Flowers have the power to transform ordinary spaces into breath-taking extraordinary places – places, where people want to linger and smell the sweet fragrance of nature. Perhaps, they trigger within us all recessed memories of the pre-urbanised world where grass grew wild and flowers in abundance. We are after all nothing more than time-capsules carrying genes of our ancestors with millions of locked away memories and experiences.
Man has tried to imitate the loveliness of flowers using various mediums - silk, paper, plastic, paint, pencil, porcelain, chalk, plaster, wood .... but nothing has ever or can ever come close to the real thing. That is why sentiments are always expressed with real flowers - because only they can convey your true feelings.
Man has tried to imitate the loveliness of flowers using various mediums - silk, paper, plastic, paint, pencil, porcelain, chalk, plaster, wood .... but nothing has ever or can ever come close to the real thing. That is why sentiments are always expressed with real flowers - because only they can convey your true feelings.
The adage – ‘say it with flowers’ holds very true for interiors too. A room can feel causal, formal, sensual, sombre, festive, sweet, and elegant – all by placing the right flower arrangements in the right places.
#LIFE_INSIGHT
Seize every opportunity to let flowers do your talking for you. They do a much better job - trust me!
