[Leica] Funny Friday Flower

[pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)]

Len and Luis, thanks for responding.

Yes, it is a flower.  I don't know the real name, but a female friend calls 
them "boy flowers, " for obvious reasons  :-)  I've seen them at florists, 
and in Hawaii.

The story behind the picture is this:  While on vacation last week, we went 
to the Fairchild Botanical Gardens in Miami, Florida.  When we got there, 
we discovered that the garden had been "invaded" by glass artist Dale 
Chihuly's work (though I must say, they did a very good job matching the 
art with the flora).

Now, Chihuly is based in the Seattle area, and his work is all over the 
place around our area. It was weird that we had traveled as far as possible 
from Seattle while still remaining in the continental U.S., only to 
encounter. . .  more Chihuly!  We just couldn't get away from him!

We were laughing about this when I spied the scene in the picture.  All I 
could think of was that the plant was giving the art "the 
finger."  Twice!  Since the art had been there for a couple of months, the 
"critic" flowers probably grew after the art was in place, as if in reaction.

I'm curious if the image "works" without knowing the story.  I showed it to 
some colleagues.  Some got it, some didn't.

--Peter

 > Two Art Critics:
 > http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/01640032ChihulyFinger.htm

At 05:03 PM 4/27/2007 -0700, Len wrote:
>Hi Peter,
>
>That's a funny flower alright. Is it really a flower? It looks kinda
>alien. Nice picture though.
>
>Thanks for showing. Now I have to hit the exotics book.
>Len