Photographer’s Note: Birth, life, death. The life cycle of a flower is similar to that of a human. In my garden, there is a hibiscus that embodies this perfectly. It is the only one that produces a full bloom because the light falls on its petals just right. The light nourishes it, causing it to grow and transform into the perfect flower. Yet every evening at sunset, its petals close inexorably into a momentary slumber. The next morning, it reopens its petals as if a person were opening their eyes to the vital light of day. This is its story — and, in a way, mine as well.
Viviana De Cecco is a writer, translator, and visual artist. She works as a content writer and book reviewer for Tint Journal and NewMyths. Her translations of twentieth-century poetry and short stories from Spanish, French and Italian have appeared in Azonal Translation, The Polyglot Magazine and Atèlier d’écriture. Her fiction and poetry have also appeared in Poets’ Choice, Aôthen Magazine, Seaside Gothic, Yuvoice.org, and others. As an artist, her visual art appeared in Mud Season Review, Acta Victoriana, Spellbinder Magazine, MayDay Magazine. Since 2013, she has published short stories, poems and novels of various genres. Her literary works and photographs can be found at: https://vivianadececco.altervista.org/
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