Lining Up
by Connie Handscomb
Title
Lining Up
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
Everything that is beautiful is orderly, and there can be no order unless things are in their right relation to each other. Of this right relation throughout the world beauty is born.
~ Robert Henri
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Crocus
Family = Iridaceae
The crocus is old. On the island of Santorini, in the ruins of Akrotiri, wall paintings were found showing the harvest of crocus stamens that date back to c. 1600 BCE [the Bronze Age]. It is mentioned in the Song of Solomon from 3,000 years ago. Ancient Sanskrit used the letters KRK which became 'crocus' in Latin.
While the Crocus sativus can be cultivated for its saffron, others such as the snow crocuses and spring flowering crocus (C. vernus) grow wild in many parts of the world, and are the earliest of spring flowers.
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This early springtime lined bloom is growing up, and while the stripes of this crocus are not merely decorative, I'm sure ... more likely they are a marked roadway for pollinators. But the fashionista part of me is reminded of a Lillian Bassman image where the model is wearing a sleek, slim lined gown captured in the airy, ethereal and graceful manner that is one of the iconic photographer's trademarks ... and: looking fabulous :) (for other fashionistas: it is the Vogue Germany December 1998 issue; the dress by Thierry Mugler).
Image captured in natural light ; unaltered; uncropped : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to This Way Arts for featuring this image
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March 7th, 2016
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