#calliandra

Paroxysms

Watercolor on Birch Panel

2022, 30"x 40"

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” -Lady Bird Johnson

Calliandra flower means Pretty Boy. So Arthur's name means "Beautiful King" (or "King of Pretty Boy"??) 👑

I was waiting for my Calliandra flower to fully bloom so I can take Arthur's pics with his respective flower. Welp, it did. But just one bloom 🥲

It's fine. I'll take the dub. One day when the bonsai sprouts more than 1 bloom, I'll take more pics with Arthur 🫶

Arthur and Thalie with their respective flowers🌼🌹

Thanks for tagging me @narrativefoiltrope ❤️

I'm going to cheat a bit because those are things that I wrote in my quick notes yesterday at 3 am after binge watching Interview with the Vampire

She was utterly, madly, desperately in love with Death.

And

It started, as most love stories do, with a knife against her neck.

This is about Calliandra and Astarion. 🧍

Tree Calliandra or Mimosa Grandiflora

The generic name is derived from the Greek word μῖμος (mimos), an "actor" or "mime", and the feminine suffix -osa, "resembling", suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.