Crazed Fruit

A Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land:

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis – Pavasaris IV

Whatever they know, the thorns of the bitter orange trees are busy stitching final touches in gowns fitted for the apples at their ends. They must be finished before they are picked.

Ah, what sin is there in youth? Autumn has already tasted their sweetness; life’s promises are already fleeing the season on big, backward steps.

- Song Ch’an-ho, “Orchard with a Hedge of Bitter Orange...