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Heart Shaped Leaves of Love Lost

The heart shaped leaves of the art piece – have an unfortunate commonality in that they have lost in romance and love and are combined with a bleeding heart which serves to amplify the sorrowful scene.

The Linden tree (aka lime tree, basswood) with heart shaped leaves is derived from the genus Tilia which consists of about 30 species in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. The leaves of all the Tilia species are heart-shaped.

The bleeding heart (aka Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Asian bleeding-heart, Dutchman’s breeches, lyre flower and lady-in-a-bath) belongs to the poppy family Papaveraceae, and is found in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia. It flowers in the early spring with a pink or white flower.

 

The art piece shows two heart-shaped leaves (left) of a Linden tree in Norway at lovers’ odds, with tears streaming down their bodies, a bleeding heart (say no more) and the worst – a black leaf – who has totally given up on love. The whole image reminds me of a “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.  The thing about romance is that more often than not, it does not reflect basic love.  Love of a child, parent, spouse friend, or animal has a deeper, more meaningful and more basic element of humanity and compassion that is open to all.  Romance is sometimes a closed club.