Scents and memories… so strongly linked at times one could believe therein lies the secret of the time machine. The scent of lilacs evokes memories of my mother, who loved lilac bushes, perhaps because when she was born, a celebratory lilac bush was planted outside her grandmother’s house.
This bush caught my attention this afternoon when I was scurrying back to rehearsals after a quick break where I enjoyed this…
…a cuppa decaf latte love…
Not surprisingly, lilacs (and the colour, lilac) have featured in the work of many artists over the years… Here’s Sill Life with Lilacs by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
Lilacs in a Window by Mary Cassatt, 1880
The Glass of Lilac by Georges Braque, 1946
You know what I’m going to say… all these images of lilacs in vessels makes me want to a) go find a lilac bush and, in the dark of night, snip a few sprigs and b) do a still life painting featuring lilacs!
Lilacs by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872
Hmmm…. if only there were a way to impregnate the images with scent…
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