The lotus bloom
caught among withered stalks,
perhaps not.
Monday, 20 February 2017
Friday, 3 February 2017
Early tribute
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| "Lotus at Kyodaishi" |
“… (there was) no
more beautiful sight than a lotus bed at the dawn of a hot August day. Stately and yet tender is the beauty of the
lotus blossom, and the great buds opening with a noise which is indescribable
to one who has not heard it; and how quickly the delicate pink or white petals
unfurl, as though hastening to make the most of their short life.”
“…(its history)
is a very old one, for their beauty is sung in the old Buddhist sutra, and one
passage describing the golden glory of Paradise tells of a pond where the lotus
flowers large as a carriage-wheel grow.”
Florence Du Cane
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