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Native to the Mediterranean region, the fig tree appears in some images of the Garden of Eden. After eating the forbidden fruit, Adam and Eve covered their nakedness with leaves that are usually said to be from the fig tree, and Islamic tradition mentions two forbidden trees in Eden—a fig tree and an olive tree. In Greek and Roman mythology, figs are sometimes associated with Dionysus (Bacchus to the Romans), god of wine and drunkenness, and with Priapus, a satyr who symbolized sexual desire.

The fig tree has a sacred meaning for Buddhists. According to Buddhist legend, the founder of the religion, Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha, achieved enlightenment one day in 528 B . C . while sitting under a bo tree, a kind of fig tree. The bo or bodhi tree remains a symbol of enlightenment.

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From Thirteen Ways with Figs, By Michelle, on Peony Moon blog:

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Arouse your lover with plump purple figs in a cool bowl of water.
Break the thin moist skin with your fingers.
Close your eyes. Listen to your breathing.

Figs, by Mary Fedden, 1972, Tate Collection

Aunt’s Tin-Foiled Kitchen, by Jane Tam, via culturehall

One view of Quatre Cercles Dansants by Felice Varini

Felice Varini paints on architectural and urban spaces, such as buildings, walls and streets. The paintings are characterized by one vantage point from which the viewer can see the complete painting (usually a simple geometric shape such as circle, square, line), while from other view points the viewer will see ‘broken’ fragmented shapes.

Varini argues that the work exists as a whole - with its complete shape as well as the fragments. “My concern,” he says “is what happens outside the vantage point of view.”

Marina Abramovic ‘THE KITCHEN I.’ Courtesy of La Fabrica Gallery

Marina Abramovic’s “The Kitchen, Homage To Saint Therese” consists mainly of portraits, some of which reference Caravaggio and Zurbarán paintings, shot by Italian photographer Marco Anelli.

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IRVING PENN, New York Still Life (Elements of a Party) for Vogue, 1947

“…whereas with the apples and pears we have an absolutely submissive subject: we can place them as we wish,
and they will stay there, slumping only very slowly. It is in fact their submissiveness that makes them difficult.

It is said that Cezanne (I think) would arrange the fruits with his hands behind his back, facing away from the table,
in order to overcome the natural tendency of fruit, dead fish etc., to arrange themselves in conventional compositions.”

(Oh!,Cocinera) by Alex Cano

Thanks to Escape Into Life

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The Octopus Catcher - Quagyhl - 1914 Photograph by Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952)