Wildflower don't care
where they grow...

I love this song. I love this song so much, I learned how to play it on the guitar. I donned wildflowers and danced it in the woods. A group of deer stopped to look at me. They must have thought it a strange sight - a woman in flowers dancing in the forest...or maybe a welcome one!

The lyrics in this song speak to me: 

"And the flowers I knew

In the fields where I grew

Were content to be lost in the crowd

They were common and close

I had no room for growth

And I wanted so much to branch out"

I've related to this song in different times of my life:
Growing up in my parents home - surrounded by too much stuff.
Going to a school with kids I had little in common with. 
Living in a crowded city that monopolized all my senses.
Navigating out of a marriage that felt like a dying plant sale. 
Knowing, deep down, that if I could just reach out in a way that had nothing to do with competition, I could bloom over and over again. 

The especial Dolly continues... 

"When a flower grows wild

It can always survive

Wildflowers don't care where they grow"

I think there is a good reason I've been walking around all these years, on all my travels, taking pictures of beautiful, vibrant, abundant, and generous flowers! 

Okay, let's get anthecological for a moment. Flowers are the attractive invitation that plants put out to their guests (insects, birds, bats, etc). They are a respite, a welcoming space, a place for rest, a snack to nibble and bring home, and the source from which more flowers are certain to come. When pollinators interact with flowers, they are ensuring the spread of beauty and the abundance of food. 

To me, flowers are the giver and the gift. As much of nature shows us...function and beauty are inseparable. 

I call my place creative idea generation place 'The Bloom Room' because there are so many different flowers and different ways to bloom. Sometimes, it just takes a random visitor to the petals to keep it going strong. 

I hope you'll join me. And go on, don some flowers and dance this one around the room. Wherever you are, bloom!