{"product_id":"consider-some-flowers-paperback","title":"Consider Some Flowers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeena Boling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsider Some Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e presents several dualities: writer and glass artisan, death and life, reality and make-believe. This collection focuses on the narrator's grief after the death of her beloved and finding various ways to mourn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the narrative continues, the narrator finds comfort in creating assorted plant species out of glass. The concept of preserving life in intricate detail through glass flowers fascinates the narrator and allows her to explore the degrees of loss by questioning the objectives of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the narrator experiences the five stages of grief, each flower goes through stages to be completed--from studying the anatomy of each living plant to admiring the finished piece. Reliving the events before death and the artistic process become intertwined as time goes on.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThese glass plants are able to live forever unlike their real counterparts. Sustaining a life, even one as simple as a plant, allows the narrator to feel a sense of control. As the roots of her glass flowers sometimes end abruptly so does life. But life can't exist without death and as the narrator exclaims, surrounded by her glass garden, she misses the beauty in wilting. In the fragility of glass, the narrator comes to understand the fragility of life and her own grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection recounts Boling's own experience with grief while drawing inspiration from the famed \"Glass Flowers,\" officially the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, on permanent exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and their creators, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709182316607,"sku":"9781646622757","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c1d99181872e6e2f00fb11972384ca79.webp?v=1765050481","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/consider-some-flowers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}