Photography
Nature is an endless art inspiration. Some of nature wonders flirt with us, inviting our admiration with overt display of beauty. Some are hidden, blended into an everyday view, modest, requiring a keen and observant eye to discover.
Sumac varieties live in both subtropical and harsh northern climates. Northern (Staghorn) sumac is not an orchid. It is a modest shrub native to a northeast America. Unnoticeable in the summer, spiky red flowers, and showy red leaves in the fall – wildish, although can be grown in a garden. Savior of songbirds in the winter who feed off its red berries. Harboring medicinal powers, mostly unknown to an ordinary Canadian; indigenous communities make healing teas from it…What else can be told about Sumac? It is just a somewhat introvert, a commonplace plant that blends into a northern landscape.
Well, you’d be surprised…it can glow! When given an attention, it becomes inspirational!
If you are an introvert (as I have been for most of my life), take a notice of Sumac; and the enlightening book ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in the World that can’t Stop Talking‘ by Susan Cain. Oh, can we (introverts) glow! Attract without too many words. When passionate about the cause, when enticed with a mission to fulfill…, our subdued and thoughtful nature becomes magnetic, convincing, motivating, colorful, healing – the power of quiet!
Here is our glowing sumac – somehow more powerful and attractive than an overt and extrovert beauty of a transitory orchid, knowing both warmth of the south and harshness of the north, reinventing its quiet beauty throughout seasons. Its leaves resemble the strokes of an artistic brush, bare strong trunks create vibrant drawings in winter landscapes, red berries nurturing to wildlife. A quiet introvert plant with its inner, surprising, beauty, discovered by a keen camera lens, glowing in the fifth season of Sumac.
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