The Backgarden of the Mind

Backgarden of the Mind is a mixed-media botanical contact painting from the Inspired by Botany collection, a panoramic view of a backyard filled with cascading crepe myrtle and English ivy, grounds abundant with blooming flowers. The title points to an analogy: an untended mind grows unruly, as an untended garden does, and what we allow to take root determines what flourishes. Spent poppy heads, with their long, willowy stems, feature throughout, standing in for the synapses that shape memory, belief, and habit. With attention, the mind, like the garden, can be trained toward what enlightens rather than what traps. 580x1370