Water Lilies by M

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That M is 'me' not Monet. Monet's series of paintings of these flowers are one of the favourite examples of impressionist art the world over. He painted the lilies from his garden. Mine are not 'mine'....they grow profusely in the surrounding areas these season bringing delight to all. My relationship with these pink aquatic flowers is that of a gazer. I never fail to stop and marvel at their beauty .The bountiful crop adorns my part of the world during this time of the year. I see them in my morning walks and on my frequent travels by train through the country side. They are usually seen in quiet water bodies like ponds and marshes and streams next to rice fields. Seemingly floating gently on the water ,they open their petals in the morning and close them at night. The flowers symbolizes purity as they grow in muddy and stagnant waters...a thing of unmatched beauty unaffected by its surroundings. A waterlily quote that I'd like to share: “I think that the best kind of change, is the change that comes from the inside and begins it's way out until it emerges on the outside; a change that is born underneath then continues and spreads until it has reached the surface. That's a true change. A powerful change. And I have found that while we are emerging, changing into something glorious; it is actually us becoming who we really are. A water lily is born underneath the water, inside the soil at the bottom of the river or lake. And the water lily has always been a water lily for that whole time that it was sprouting out of the wet soil, reaching up through the dark water towards the sunlight, stretching and grasping for the surface; where it then buds and blooms on the outside in the sunshine. It doesn't bud and bloom on the surface and then try to reach down below into the soil.” C JoyBell C. Photo: Mine....Don't have a zoom camera to capture in detail