Vincent Van Gogh. Allotment with Sunflower, Paris, July 1887. Oil on Canvas. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Of course, I realize this is not a tree, but if a sunflower were a tree—this is what it would look like, towering over us all with all its sunny goodness—maybe with a few more blossoms.
I’d planned a different Vincent van Gogh post for this week, but since today is “tree love” Thursday, I decided to try passing off a sunflower as a tree. This is the type of sunflower that my student Wanéa finds a little scary. No flower should be taller than a human, in her opinion, so for her sake, yes, let’s consider this a tree.
Please enjoy van Gogh’s Allotment with Sunflower with a meditation for the restless soul:
Room to Grow
Meister Eckhart | Sweeney and Burrows
My life is like a page on which
So much is already:
hurts and joys and the tumble
of fears and uncertainties.
What You want of me, God, is
that I clean the slate, emptying
it of all this to make room for
the freedom of nothingness
where alone You, my God,
have room to grow.
I am joining Parul Thakur for #ThursdayTreeLove every second and fourth Thursday of the month. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog and link it back to her latest #treelove post.
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When I was small, we had an alley behind our house. One of the neighbors grew humongous sunflowers. They seemed to be 20 feet tall. Haha. They were amazing. 🙂 I was in first grade, so I am sure my perception was off a bit. ;o)
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Another missed comment! Smh! I’m going to accept that the sunflower was 20 feet tall. It wasn’t just your childhood perception! 😀
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There is a sunflower exactly that tall that I pass in the morning while walking my dog. They are truly magnificent, aren’t they?
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How did I miss this? Whenever you pass a sunflower exactly that tall, you need to photograph it and write a post about it–for my sake! 😉
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Reblogged this on sketchuniverse and commented:
🇫🇷🌻🇳🇱 FRENCH PROVENCE WAS THE LOVED LAND OF THIS DUTCH GENIUS. THIS PLANT IS HUMBLE LIKE HE WAS.
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Loved this. A unique take and ofcourse Sunflowers to me symbolize optimism and facing the Sun at all times is like looking up. Isn’t it? Thank you for joining Chandra. See you tomorrow.
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Thanks for loving it Parul! I missed you for a few weeks ago, but I’m in this time!
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They are like small trees! It’s good to think outside the box.
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Haha. Thank you!
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