Sunrises, sunsets, shooting stars, snowflakes...other than starting with s's, what do they have in common? Ephemeral Beauty. That's what gives them the power to stop us dead, to take notice, to admire and to value them all the more, I think, because we are acutely aware of how fleeting their existence is.Flowers share that quality. Undoubtedly, the very reason that fresh flowers are gifted as an archetypal gesture of ardor, appreciation, admiration and affection, and not artificial flowers. Even more fleeting than flowers are ice sculptures.
Recently on a hot summer day, I was invited to the studio of Okamoto Ice Sculpture in Long Island City for a special workshop on Ice and Ikebana. Here is what I created.
How about that for an exercise in extreme ephemeralism?!!!
