http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/posts/tags/nest/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:02:19 -0300 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss nest http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/commissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Liza Myers) http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/commissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/commissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:02:19 -0300 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00e398bbffa30004" at:format="medium" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00e398bbffa30004.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00e398bbffa30004-200pi" alt="Nest in Paradise" title="Nest in Paradise" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00e398bbffa30004.html" title="Nest in Paradise">Nest in Paradise</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div><dl><dt class="quote"><strong><em><span style="color: #cc6600">The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.</span></em></strong> </dt><dd class="author"><em><span style="color: #cc6600">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <strong>John Berry</strong></span></em></dd></dl><br />I&#39;m not sure who John Berry was or is... or which of the several John Berrys in Wikipedia were the source of that quote. Grasping is different from reaching. <span style="color: #cc6600"><br /></span>Commissions... often an onerous chore.Working for someone else&#39;s muse. This one was not (a chore.)&#160; Although the on-going day to day work of getting it done is always surprising.<br />It was a celebration of life and beauty and sharing, and mysterious metaphor. A surprise anniversary gift with secret significance. Such a pleasure to spend time with these beautiful flowers. Bird of Paradise. So exotic and different.<br />A fun part of the process was seeking out the true colors of the flower. Sometimes the buds, which are quite sword-like, are purple and magenta with pale green highlights. Improbable and wild, even for a tropical mother nature. I traveled all over Cambridge, Mass with Andrew Towl, who had tried to find a blooming flower for me, which ultimately we happened upon at a Whole Foods florist shop after giving up in the fancy professional greenhouses. And now the painting is on a wall in Brandon, Vermont. <br /><br /><br />&#160;<br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elizabethmyers.vox.com/library/post/commissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e453ffbbe2b00e398bc8a650002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> nest metaphor bird of paradise flower