Forget-me-not inspiration
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Forget-me-not inspiration

Forget-me-not inspiration. Original oil painting by Russian artist Oleg Zhivetin
Original oil painting by Russian artist Oleg Zhivetin. Forget-me-not inspiration

Forget-me-not inspiration
According to a German legend, God was giving names to all the plants when a tiny unnamed one cried out, “Forget-me-not, O Lord!” And God replied, “That shall be your name.” Legend has it that in medieval times, a knight and his lady were walking along the side of a river. He picked a posy of flowers, but because of the weight of his armor he fell into the river. As he was drowning he threw the posy to his loved one and shouted “Forget-me-not.” It was often worn by ladies as a sign of faithfulness and enduring love.

Fashion inspiration. Forget Me Not 'Nefertiti' collection for Spring Summer 2012 influenced by Ancient Egypt
Fashion inspiration. Forget Me Not ‘Nefertiti’ collection for Spring Summer 2012 influenced by Ancient Egypt

Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The moose-ear forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa, has now extended its racemes very much, and hangs over the edge of the brook. It is one of the most interesting minute flowers. It is the more beautiful for being small and unpretending; even flowers must be modest.”

In Evangeline, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote – “Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven, Blossom the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.”

In his 1947 long poem “Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction,” Wallace Stevens mentions the forget-me-not, using its scientific Greek-derived name: It observes the effortless weather turning blue. And sees the myosotis on its bush.

Keith Douglas, 1920–1944, wrote his poem “Vergissmeinnicht” (Forget-me-not) about a dead German soldier in World War II whose body is found by the poet with a photograph of his girl with her words written “Steffi. Vergissmeinnicht” but it’s not believed by some people.

J. R. R. Tolkien refers to the flower in his poems. The character of Tom Bombadil is said to have the color of the flower on his jacket (Lord of the Rings, chapter seven, book I).

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling when Harry Potter first meets Professor Lockhart, Professor Lockhart “…was wearing robes of forget-me-not blue that exactly matched his eyes…” (chapter four page 59 of the 1999 American edition).

Forget-me-not inspiration

Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Delicate wildflowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Inspirational flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Beautiful
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Blue beauty
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Charming flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
A bouquet of flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Still life with flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Beautiful wildflowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
A vase with flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Navy blue flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Romantic and delicate flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
White daisies and blue Forget-me-nots
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Violet and blue
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Nature photography
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Flowers Forget-me-not
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Tiny flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Ladybug on the flower
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Growing in the field
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Dark blue
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Gorgeous flowers
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Growing wild
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Natural beauty
Delicate wildflowers, Forget-me-not
Summer flower
a sign of faithfulness and enduring love
A sign of faithfulness and enduring love
A bunch of forget-me-nots
A bunch of flowers
A bunch of forget-me-nots
Photo – Forget-me-not
Forget-me-not inspiration
A figure of angel in forget-me-not fowers
forget-me-not
Judy Adamson art and design – forget-me-not
In the 2009 film Forget Me Not, directed and written by Tyler Oliver and Jamieson Stern, the plant was portrayed as a flower for the dead; one that people put on the graves of their loved ones
In Forget Me Not, a 2009 film directed and written by Tyler Oliver and Jamieson Stern, the plant was portrayed as a flower for the dead; one that people put on the graves of their loved ones

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