James and I have been doing a lot of renovations to the house since the beginning of the year. With the outside newly rendered and a beautiful new carport now built, the landscaping was looking a bit drab. So when the suggestion was made that we "do something" with the front garden I could only think of two words:
Lily. Pond.
To me, lily ponds are very romantic, soft soothing ideas. They have long been the muse of artists like Claude Monet, whose lily pond inspired a series of larger than life impressionist paintings. Imagine the world without Monet.
A water lily represents purity of heart. To speak religiously in a non-religious way, the archangel Gabriel is sometimes shown to appear before the Virgin Mary with a group of water lilies. To speak spiritually in a non-spiritual way, a water lily represents a self-producing soul, with its seed nestled in the mud of a pond, is awakened by the sun and grows upwards through the illusions of the water to blossom in the free air of truth.
Everyday I will pass the lily pond and be instantly transported into warm days of simplicity and fantasy. I can imagine being in a European garden reflecting at the tranquil beauty of the lily. I will see the frogs rest on the lily pads waiting for their afternoon tea and for that space in time I will cease to exist as myself and disintegrate into the vast being of life.
Lily. Pond.
To me, lily ponds are very romantic, soft soothing ideas. They have long been the muse of artists like Claude Monet, whose lily pond inspired a series of larger than life impressionist paintings. Imagine the world without Monet.
A water lily represents purity of heart. To speak religiously in a non-religious way, the archangel Gabriel is sometimes shown to appear before the Virgin Mary with a group of water lilies. To speak spiritually in a non-spiritual way, a water lily represents a self-producing soul, with its seed nestled in the mud of a pond, is awakened by the sun and grows upwards through the illusions of the water to blossom in the free air of truth.
Everyday I will pass the lily pond and be instantly transported into warm days of simplicity and fantasy. I can imagine being in a European garden reflecting at the tranquil beauty of the lily. I will see the frogs rest on the lily pads waiting for their afternoon tea and for that space in time I will cease to exist as myself and disintegrate into the vast being of life.
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