pressed flowers..
memories of my mother are like pressed flowers, the colours fade, but the moment remains..
DFP2024
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“Like a flower pressed flat and dried, we try to hold it still and say, this is exactly how it was the day I first saw it. But like the flower, the past cannot be trapped that way. It loses its fragrance and and its vitality, its fragility becomes brittleness and its colors fade. And when next you look on the flower, you know that it is not at all what you sought to capture, that that moment has fled forever.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand
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Sun, 10 Mar 2024 ~ Mothering Sunday
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The process of pressing flowers omits light and extrudes moisture, helping to preserve the natural color and beauty of the flower.
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As trade increased with Japan in the 1800’s, so did the Western fascination with Oshibana. It became a favourite pastime, especially amongst women in the Victorian West. Flowers were believed to have hidden depths and meanings, and were often used as an alternative language to express themselves in an otherwise strict and conservative Victorian society. As a result, pressing them became a treasured hobby, preserving sentimental meanings and memories.
Written By Little Pressed Flower
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AI & DIGITAL MANIPULATION
pressed flowers..
memories of my mother are like pressed flowers, the colours fade, but the moment remains..
DFP2024
~~~
“Like a flower pressed flat and dried, we try to hold it still and say, this is exactly how it was the day I first saw it. But like the flower, the past cannot be trapped that way. It loses its fragrance and and its vitality, its fragility becomes brittleness and its colors fade. And when next you look on the flower, you know that it is not at all what you sought to capture, that that moment has fled forever.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand
~~~
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 ~ Mothering Sunday
~~~
The process of pressing flowers omits light and extrudes moisture, helping to preserve the natural color and beauty of the flower.
~~~
As trade increased with Japan in the 1800’s, so did the Western fascination with Oshibana. It became a favourite pastime, especially amongst women in the Victorian West. Flowers were believed to have hidden depths and meanings, and were often used as an alternative language to express themselves in an otherwise strict and conservative Victorian society. As a result, pressing them became a treasured hobby, preserving sentimental meanings and memories.
Written By Little Pressed Flower
~~~
AI & DIGITAL MANIPULATION