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they’re one of my mother’s favorite flowers, and her house is filled with them. they require meticulous care and they only bloom once a year. she’s taken my sister and I to exhibits of Mapplethorpe’s photographs, and I developed a real love for their transient beauty. they always remind me of my mom and the type of woman I hope to one day be
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Sep 24, 2024

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What a blessing for the family flower being orchids. The full feminine, appreciation of love and beauty, but such strength and resilience!
Sep 24, 2024

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i saw these freak alien epiphytes at the brooklyn botanical gardens a few months ago and have been mild to severely obsessed with orchids ever since. gonna make art with some soon!
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irises have sort of been a recurrent motif in my life i guess. every spring they blossom in front of my building in our communal pots. i think they’re so lovely because their shape is quite unique. when i was little my mom also used to wear an iris perfume which i looooved (which i now got for myself). i also have tattoos of irises which i drew hihi šŸ¤—
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we had them outside my house growing up and they always make me think of my mom :D i’ll probs get a tat of them one day they’re so cute
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