the prayer plant
“Who are you to ask for anything more Do you wait for your dancing lessons to be sent from God?” The story continues, I have been procrastinating for so long. It was probably because I did not know how to go about this one. I never thought that by simply putting it out there, I could let this plant grow inside of me. The story starts with an introduction, why on earth would i write about a prayer plant. Actually, a friend of mine got it for my birthday. And i truly admire how this plant grows. But it’s not just how it thrives, there’s much more that i am amazed by. Maranta Leuconeura - known as the prayer plant from the fact that the leaves tend to fold together at night, like a pair of hands. Looking at how it functions, how it lives on day by day, night by night. It got me thinking, how it relates to us, as a human, for me.. as a creative specifically. We are all made up of thoughts, of feelings. It controlled our emotions, it controlled our actions. It make...
