a doctor of physical therapy, a teacher, a photographer, an author, a reader, a musician, a wannabe linguist, a rockclimber, a backpacker, a traveler, a friend, a listener, an advisor, a thinker, a citizen - neither of Athens nor of Greece but of the world, and a shaft of sunlight drifting, ever drifting...
Concocted By An Enlightened Fellow on Tuesday, May 02, 2006
I am one who seeks to understand what it means to be human on this planet. I believe part of the answer is in striving to inspire others toward that goal.
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"Travel is fatal to bigotry, prejudice, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, and charitable views cannot be acquired by vegetating in one tiny corner of the globe." - Mark Twain
Email: Enlightenedfellow@gmail.com
2 Comments:
Well, I was referring to the photo itself, rather than the flower - the way the depth of field cuts across only the front edge of one petal. It could be a metaphor for so many things.
But what sort of mechanism do you suppose would enable a flower to open and close at certain times of day? I'd say nyctinasty and thermonasty are fairly profound, look them up. Plus, different flowers open at different specific hours, and way back in the day (1800s), Linnaeus had the idea to arranged plants in the order that they opened to make a floral clock. He may or may not have actually ended up planting a real floral clock, but it was still a profound idea. How cool would it be to be able to see that the marigolds were opening up so it must 10 o'clock? So there you go.
Morning glory are my favorite photosensitive flowers and i do believe there is something profound about them.
Belated Happy Birthday! blogspots were blocked here for about a month and so i could only post and not read. i hope you had a splendid birthday.
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