THE LEAVES, THE OTHERS – Acacia, rose, olive, acanthus
And then there are leaves that not only evoke in us the sensation of the cycle of life flowing, changing, dying, and rebirthing, but there are also leaves that have an associative symbolism assigned by humans due to their uniqueness.
Like ROSE LEAVES,
those soft, velvety, and deceitfully sweet bastards that actually stay there, beautifully open and vibrant, to cover the thorns of the rose.
Infamous like a slice of ham right in front of your eyes.
Or ACANTHUS LEAVES,
Acanthus was a nymph whom Apollo was madly in love with, but she completely ignored him. So he tries to abduct her, and she defends herself fiercely, scratching the face of the handsome Apollo with her nails and teeth. In anger, he transforms her into a plant.
A plant with pointed leaves that scratch, destined to live in solitary ground but kissed by the sun.
And so? Well, Acanthus is a woman who fights for her rights, desires, and her own life, for how she wants to live it, even if she should fail.
And ACACIA LEAVES,
the acacia tree dies quickly, with a short life span,
but in its short life, it manages to produce a plethora of offspring.
In the blink of an eye, from one year to the next, the acacia has already given birth to at least ten more saplings,
and they are already saplings,
you see them tall and grown in just one year,
at the speed of light.
That’s why those geniuses, the Freemasons, adore it so much and have chosen it as a symbol of eternal life, so eagerly desired.
OLIVE LEAVES,
which, as Baby Jesus teaches us, symbolize peace, the peace achieved after martyrdom.
Or MAPLE LEAVES,
the giant tree that protects you, next to whose trunk you can lean and it supports you, and with its canopy, it shields you from the chaos the world brings.
With love, but always irreverent
