A spider lily reflecting so much light that the texture of the petals is washed out. Or is that petal singular?
What is a petal? According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the history of the meaning of the term is:
1726, from Mod.L. petalum “petal” (1649), from Gk. petalon “leaf, thin plate,” originally neut. of adj. petalos “outspread, broad, flat,” from PIE base *pet- “to spread out.”
I found this NASA photo evocative. Suggestive. What did it make me think/feel? Of many things: I wondered why, rather than tepid inkblots, some psychiatrists don’t use photos such as above to inspire the tongues of their patients. Or works of art. (Of course, there is the TAT — Thematic Apperception Test — and the above could be used for that, I bet.
More thoughts: Silence above the noise . . . the remarkable Big Picture above and including the hubbub of passing concerns . . . wonders beyond the customarily seen . . .
Do those personal responses tell you something important about me? Did I unintentionally (unconsciously) reveal a truer self?
More thoughts (insert yours here: _____________ )
Just an aesthetically pleasing photo. To my eyes, anyway.
I don’t even know what type of plant it is. Location was Albuquerque, NM. Plant height was less than knee level.
The above is a zoomed section of a photograph. It’s a part of a scene. Can you recognize anything in the scene? What do the shapes and colors suggest?
The full photo below the fold.
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The above NASA pic reveals what we could see without the clouds and ambient light normally obscuring our vision. I’m not sure what coastline that is, but let’s call it New Found Lands.
Stars and galaxies — the backdrop to our relatively puny spinning planet. Far out, man!
Although I find existence to lack meaning with a big “M,” it does strike me as wonder-full.
I like Spanish Moss. But it’s not. Moss, that is. Technically, it’s an epiphyte. Here’s some of what the Wikipedia entry says about it:
Spanish moss is an epiphyte (a plant that lives upon other plants; from Greek “epi”=upon “phyte”=plant), which absorbs nutrients (especially calcium) and water from the air and rainfall. Spanish moss is colloquially known as “air plant”.
That this plant absorbs water from the air and rainfall explains why it’s found here in Florida. We’ve got air “thick” with humidity and rainfall.
