Claude Monet
National Gallery, London
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THE WATER LILIES
Offered to the French State by the painter Claude Monet
on the day that followed the Armistice of November 11, 1918
as a symbol for peace,
the Water Lilies are installed according to plan at the Orangerie Museum in 1927,
a few months after his death.
This unique set, testifies to Monet’s later work.
It was designed as a real environment
and
crowns the Water Lilies cycle begun nearly thirty years before.
The set is one of the largest monumental achievements
of
early twentieth-century painting.
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The
LOTUS & WATER LILY
symbolize
purity, rebirth, peace,
and
enlightenment.
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When comparing
the lotus and the water lily,
their differences and complementarities
become clear.
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The lotus,
rising above the water,
represents transcendence,
active striving, and spiritual ascent.
It resonates most with philosophies
of
liberation, enlightenment, and resilience.
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The water lily,
floating gracefully on the water,
embodies harmony, cyclical renewal,
and
balance with nature’s rhythms.
The bloom opens in the morning
and
closes at night.
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Where the lotus
symbolizes victory over adversity,
the water lily reminds us
of
acceptance,
serenity, and continuity.
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Because both of the flowers
roots grow
in muddy pond bottoms
while their bright blossoms
float upward
the lotus
and
the water lily
represents
rising above hard times
to find
inner beauty.
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LOTUS2TEN series:
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Call out the energy
of
HOPE / JOY / UPRISINGS
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“They tried to bury us,
but
they didn’t know
we were seeds”.
Mexican Proverb
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#1232 + ‘INSEEDTIME / ISEEME #16’ Catherine L. Johnson 2026 + ‘ZINNIAS’ + Clementine Hunter / ARTIST + John Coltrane Quartet ‘My Favorite Things’ Live in Comblain-La-Tour 1965 + Tracy Chapman ‘STAND BY ME’
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#1231 + ‘INSEEDTIME / ISEEME #15’ Catherine L. Johnson 2026 + Dedicated to the WILD BLUE FLOWER HEARTS
11 September 2001 Catherine L. Johnson 2001
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 