Spring work* A devoted Flowers*

It is just so nice at the moment
A lot of flowers everywhere
blossoming around
showing coloures and shapes
floating with textures and their smells 

I always loved flowers
But now
I love them even more than never

When I had a total burn-out a few years ago
a Japanese monk asked me
if the flowers and plants at my place were dying soon
yes they were indeed - also I had not seen them healthy neither lively for a while
and I realized I could not remember when I had watered them last 

He said ;
Flowers had been just giving you all their vigor

They just give and give till they die
They are such devoted creations

- when I heard that
I just had hot tears on my cheek

Since I am healthier they just spread their energies all over
I've never known how lively they actually were

A little nice flower story for you.
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                                                                                      ©2010 RIE TAKEDA

献身お花 A DEVOTED FLOWER

 

あなたに力を
あげたいと思うから

この力が
湧くのです

 

Just because
I want to give you
much vigor 

the energy
springs out in me.

献身お花 A DEVOTED FLOWER

Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm

2010

RIE TAKEDA