First Post for ART 214.01

Currently enrolled in ART 214, I am required to set up a blog for the class and make my first posting before we meet again tomorrow. So, here it is. I wanted to share a photograph I took while I was traveling through Vietnam, Thailand, and China last year. 

Unfortunately I'm not sure which country I was in when I first saw this plant, but I believe it may have been China. I love this photo because it is one of my favorite close-up shots that I've ever taken. Also, its uniqueness and exoticism reminds me of a quote from one of my favorite movies- Adaptation. It goes:

"Point is, what's so wonderful is that every one of these flowers has a specific relationship with the insect that pollinates it. There's a certain orchid look exactly like a certain insect so the insect is drawn to this flower, its double, its soul mate, and wants nothing more than to make love to it. And after the insect flies off, spots another soul-mate flower and makes love to it, thus pollinating it. And neither the flower nor the insect will ever understand the significance of their lovemaking. I mean, how could they know that because of their little dance the world lives? But it does. By simply doing what they're designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense they show us how to live - how the only barometer you have is your heart. How, when you spot your flower, you can't let anything get in your way." -John Larouche

On a different note, I am looking forward to the changes this blog will face. Until next time. . .