'The Dahlia at Scale'

The dahlia is one of the most architecturally ambitious flowers in existence. Its petals repeat outward in a spiral logic that has been studied by mathematicians. To shred a dahlia petal — to take that precision and break it into its components, then reassemble those components at a fraction of the original scale — is to discover that the dahlia knows what it is even in pieces.

Against the deep jewel green of this setting, hot pink and deep magenta and warm orange arrange themselves with the confidence of a painting that knows it is finished. The ornate bronze frame is the museum. The shredded dahlia petals are the work.

For the one who understands that things do not have to be whole to be magnificent.