Posted in abstract, Art, Flowers, Gardening, Nature, Photography, tagged Canon 50D, ferns, fiddlehead, Gary Bolstad, Māori, new zealand, Prince William County VA, Tamron 180mm on April 3, 2020|
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Nature is full of wonderful shapes, like the spiral of this curled-up fern—at this stage it is know as a fiddlehead—that I spotted on Monday while exploring in Prince William County. A few days afterwards, Gary Bolstad published a photo of a fiddlehead in New Zealand in his blog krikitarts.wordpress.com. Gary is an amazing photographer and you should really check out his wonderful blog.
In replying to a comment I made about his posting, Gary explained that “The Māori name for a fiddlehead is Koru, and the spiral shape is an essential part of their culture and probably the most common shape used in the design of their carved greenstone (jade) jewelry. It can represent creation, perpetual movement, return to a point of origin, equilibrium/harmony in life, and new life.”
I think we could all use more equilibrium and harmony in our lives during these unsettling times.
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