Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Darn. I was hoping it was the big orange things. That's why I called them alien. Now I get "the finger" part. But the photo is very artistic no matter which appendage is real. Len On Apr 28, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > After reading this message, I realized that I may have confused > things. Len was probably referring to the big orange "glass-art" > flower. Which is, of course artificial. The pink, leaf-like > petals with pistils are the real flowers. > -------------- > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information