Extremely hot weather and nature.
95-100 degree temperatures have been in
our area for much of the week. Some days there is no breeze.
Only stillness and intense heat.
One can only go outside for short intervals.
The Cup Plant demonstrates how perfectly
nature is designed to sustain living things.
Its leaves are unique in that they encircle the stem like
a cup to hold water. Some of the water it absorbs for itself,
a cup to hold water. Some of the water it absorbs for itself,
but most of the water is held for pollinators to pollinate its flowers
Here, insects and small birds can drink.
Its flowers are only on the ends
of the stem.
Like a beacon showing the way for food and drink.
Like a beacon showing the way for food and drink.
Here is the start of a new monochrome painting
showing human, plant and animal together.
That we remember that we are part of each other is what I want to
say in this painting.