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This is a popular flower in my designs and I wanted a design
that incorporated both the blue and the pink forget me not. I will have another
design that I created from the same photo but a different symmetry.
Indigo Inspiration- The Forget-Me-Not flower represents true
faithful love, fond memories and hope. It is also a flower essence of the heart
chakra.
The dainty forget me not was also a favorite flower of
Princess Diana. Earl Spenser, Diana’s brother, gifted her these flowers when
they were young and she continued to favorite them throughout her life. These
flowers have been subtle tributes to the “Queen of Hearts”, in royal wedding
bouquets and backgrounds in photos. These flowers are included in the Kensington
memorial garden for this beloved princess.
In Christian folklore God named these dainty blue beauties
forget me nots because when he asked the timid flower her name, she was so shy
that she told him softly whispered, “I have forgotten” God named these flowers
forget me not so she and no one would forget this delicate beautiful flower.
Medieval German folklore declares that devoted couples
garnished themselves with forget-me-nots to pledge they would never forget each
other when separated.
There is another German legend on how this flower received
it’s name. God had completed the creation of earth, He named each animal and
plant. God had thought He had named everything when a diminutive voice next to
where He was standing asked, “What about me?” He knelt down and held the sweet,
delicate and dainty plant and said, “I shall never forget you again therefore
your name shall be Forget Me Not”
There is a third German myth about a couple taking a
romantic stroll along the Danube River. They spot the beautiful blue blooms of
the forget-me-not. The handsome and romantic gent attempts to pick a bouquet
for his love, but tragically slips and is swept away by the river’s fierce
current. As he is carried away by the current he cries out to her, “Forget me
not my love!” It is believed this is how the flower was named.
Twentieth century German Freemasons replaced the square and
compass symbol with the forget me not to avoid revealing themselves to the
Nazis. You can still see the forget me not used in combination with the square
and compass insignia. It also signified to always remember of the impoverished.
King Henry the IV, banished in 1398, embraced the forget me
not as his crest and axiom. The flower and name were embellished on his
knight’s collars and to show support of him his followers adorned them as well.
Legend has it that in the aftermath of the clash at Waterloo left a blood
saturated field which metamorphosed into a field of forget me nots.
The war dead are memorialized with forget me nots in
Newfoundland.
Symmetry is another manifestation of the balance of Yin and
Yang, of the unimpeded flow of ch'i.
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