Flower Language (September 16th, 2021)

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On the 13th, I made some art. I've drawn sunflowers many times before, but I feel like I still don't have the hang of it. This is my first attempt at drawing a rue flower. I didn't put much effort into it.  

I found it interesting that flowers can have such drastic meanings depending on where they got their information from. Greenaway gives two definitions for sunflowers: one for dwarf sunflowers, and one for tall sunflowers. I had no idea dwarf sunflowers existed before this. They're so tiny! 

So with that long explanation of flower language, this piece is supposed to have several meanings. 

• Happiness turning into sadness which I regret. (today)
• I regret going after the false riches. (Roux)
• Haughtiness of another has caused me to feel disdain and melancholic. (Greenaway)

Tall sunflower with dead leaves, and rue. 

Sunflowers

• Happiness and admiration (today)
• False riches (Roux, 2020, p. 167)
• Dwarf: Admiration (Greenaway, 1884, p. 44)
• Tall: Haughtiness (Greenaway, 1884, p. 44)

Rue

• Regret (Roux, 2020, p. 161)
• Disdain (Greenaway, 1884, p. 42)

Dead leaves

• Sadness, Melancholy (Greenaway, 1884, p. 20, 61)

References 

Roux, J. (2020). Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Greenaway, K. (1884). Language of Flowers.