I'm sure your topic will be of interest to lots of folks. Glad to have you join the art team. What a great topic Thanks so much for starting this topic, Joe. I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living that one needs.
Stories are similar in that once spoken or written down they get passed along, never dying.
Looking forward to the lantern excercise. That's very interesting, as we all know flowers are consumed often but those that stay firm regrow all the time, this is evident by the flowers outside my house. Which is a sense it is never consumed and combining a written statement with art is an excellent way of ensuring some kind of communication with everyone even if they fail to get the flower inferences. I'd like to see it, sometime. I have done my best.