“Life is for the living, Death is for the dead, Let life be like music and death a note unsaid.” Langston Hughes.

I don’t think I’ve ever found a more spot on quote than this one for one of my pictures. Honestly I know very little of Langston Hughes’ work but these words ring very true for me and I don’t think I could have found a better quote to fit to this picture. This was one of the very first pictures I took when I started out on my quest to photograph nature and it is one of my favorites. I have posted this image before but never with this quote and I can be very confident that the short verse captures this photo perfect. The live flower vying for the attention of you the viewer, while the dead flower in the background starkly reminds you that the flower in the front will succumb to the same fate as it did and yet the live flower keeps on blooming. Mr. Hughes’ words echo in my mind as I look at the two flowers, Life is for the living, keep blooming, keep being beautiful and keep on growing even though the end is inevitable it is how we live and grow while alive that will follow us to the grave. Be remembered for being alive, for living not for merely surviving. Let life be like music and death a note unsaid. Keep on playing your music of life and don’t fear the end of the symphony look forward to the way your loved ones play your song when you are gone.

…………………………..PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!